It wasn’t really a vote Halifax council could reject. To meet provincial orders by a provincially dictated deadline, ...

No matter how massive the mess, how rampant the weeds, how damaged or dangerous the building, or how much neighbors complain, efforts by local government to remedy neighborhood nuisances take time. So ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s ...

“It’s probably the most limiting, the most narrow, interpretation of the reach of jurisdiction that I’ve seen so far,” said Larry Liebesman, a former DOJ attorney who’s now a senior adviser at Dawson ...

The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters in ...

US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said proposed rule would codify the US Supreme Court's most recent ruling on wetlands it considered protected "Waters of the United States." ...

Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month. Neighbors Still Don’t Know if the Company Will Pay for the Cleanup. Arizona Launches Investigation into Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Contaminated ...

A new international study has endorsed artificial floating wetlands as a sustainable and cost-effective solution for improving water quality in rivers, lakes and wastewater systems. Led by scientists ...

The Trump administration will soon propose a new Clean Water Act rule that could eliminate federal protections for many wetlands across the U.S., according to an internal EPA presentation obtained by ...

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New Orleans — Louisiana's coast is under threat as a quarter of the state's wetlands, an area about the size of Delaware, have disappeared in the last 100 years, according to the U.S. Geological ...

CICERO, N.Y. — The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is informing landowners about the new wetlands law that recently took effect, outlining what activities require permits on their ...