Clean Water Act

• U.S. Supreme Court rolls back wetland pollution protections in blow to EPA

  The justices boosted property rights over concerns about clean water in a ruling in favor of an Idaho couple who sought to build a house in the state's panhandle.

  Environment

  May 25, 2023
  
• Oneida Nation of the Thames should have been on boil water advisory since 2006: Chief Jessica Hill

  Chief Jessica Hill tells 980 CFPL the water system does not meet minimum standards set out in 2006 with the passing of Ontario's Clean Water Act.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2019
  
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• New Brunswick man pleads guilty to violating province’s clean water act

  Dana Marshall Gillespie, 45, plead guilty to a count of failing to obtain a watercourse alteration permit and a count of failing to comply with an order issued under the Clean Water Act. 

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2018
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• Senate confirms Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as head of Environmental Protection Agency

  The vote was 52-46 as Republican leaders used their party's narrow Senate majority to push Pruitt's confirmation despite calls from Democrats to delay the vote until requested emails are released next week.

  Politics

  Feb 17, 2017
• US judge says BP’s reckless conduct led to 2010 Gulf spill; ruling may cost company billions

  BP acted "recklessly" and bears most of the responsibility for the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge concluded Thursday.

  Environment

  Sep 4, 2014