In June 1969, a Time Magazine article garnered national attention when it brought to light the water quality conditions in Ohio: a river had literally caught fire.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered the reach of the Clean Water Act, debating how it applies to pollutants that reach the sea and other protected waters indirectly, through groundwater.
Justices for the nation's highest court are poised to hear arguments tomorrow in County of Maui v. Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, a heated debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act. Here's what you need to know.
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly "failing to protect Hawaiian waters contaminated by plastic pollution."
The mayor won't settle a case with national implications despite the council's instruction to do so, spurring a new lawsuit to sort out the separation of powers.
Maui Mayor Michael Victorino said on October 18 that he will not settle a Clean Water Act lawsuit that holds national implications for water pollution permitting.
A two-decade-old legal settlement set a timetable for cleaning up Washington's polluted waterways. But with many cleanup plans still unfinished, an environmental group is going back to court.
Both Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg—prodigious funders of climate action causes and campaigns—are diverting millions into quixotic presidential runs.
"Beekeeping has been something I've done for all my life. It's one of those things that gets in your blood and once it's in your blood, it's hard to shake it."
