Will the Supreme Court Go After Clean Water Next?
In 2022, there are dolphins swimming in the waters around New York City. The Potomac Riverkeeper Network has a plan to open the Potomac River in Washington D.C...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
What’s New in Clean Water
The Biden administration is in a challenging position—having to clean up a horrendous mess created by the Trump administration while also needing to strengthe...
President’s Conservation Plan: Making It Happen for Wetlands
Our nation’s wetlands—marshes, bogs, fens, and swamps (and many other types you may never have heard of)—are unique, dynamic, and critically important wat...
President Biden's Climate Order and Clean Water
As many of my colleagues have written over the last several days, there is much to like in President Biden’s January 27 th executive order titled “Tackling the...
Trump’s Dirty Water Rule: EPA Ignorance is Polluters’ Bliss
On January 23, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers unveiled a regulation that dramatically restricts what kinds of water bodies...
How the Clean Water Act Can Combat Harmful Algal Blooms
NRDC just released two analyses that look at how state water pollution control and public health officials deal with one of the most significant causes of...