Clean Water Act

The Latest On: Clean Water Act

September 15, 2021 | Feature

Landmark Legal Cases to Secure Clean Water and Clean Air as a Right For All

For five decades, Earthjustice has fought thousands of legal cases, representing our client free of charge. See some of our proudest accomplishments to secure clean water and clean air as a right for all.

September 10, 2021 | Press Release

EPA to Regulate Some Industrial PFAS Discharges

Agency to establish new limitations under wastewater pollution guidelines

September 9, 2021 | Press Release: Victory

In Response to Lawsuit, EPA Pledges to Strengthen Standards for Slaughterhouse Water Pollution

EPA announced that it will initiate a rulemaking process to reduce pollution from three industries: Meat and poultry processing plants, which include slaughterhouses; metal finishing businesses; and manufacturers of organic chemicals that discharge polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

September 1, 2021 | Update

Clean Water Protections Restored For Millions of Streams and Wetlands

Now it’s up to the Biden administration to boost protections for waterways, rivers, and ephemeral streams that are critical for the environment.

August 30, 2021 | Press Release: Victory

Judge Ditches Trump’s Dirty Water Rule

Navigable Waters Protection Rule, repudiated for gutting water protections, is no longer the law of the land

August 30, 2021 | Legal Document

WOTUS - Order Remand and Vacate (August 2021)

On August 30, 2021, a U.S District Court for the District of Arizona said Trump’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule is illegal and should be vacated. The ruling restores protections for thousands of waterways across the Nation. It represents the culmination of a lawsuit brought by six federally recognized Indian tribes, who are represented by Earthjustice and sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers for passing a rule that eliminated Clean Water Act protections for thousands of waterbodies by redefining them as not “waters of the US.”

August 21, 2021 | In the News: NBC News