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In the News: NPR December 16, 2025

Colorado approves ‘first-in-the-nation’ water safeguards. Could they be a model for other states?

Wetlands on South Carolina's Kiawah Island. (Daniela Duncan / Getty Images)
Update November 18, 2025

Trump’s EPA Just Tried to Gut the Protections That Keep Our Drinking Water Clean

We’re prepared to go to court to defend clean water as a right for all.
The Candelaria Wetlands at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (The Washington Post)
Press Release November 17, 2025

In a Serious Blow to Communities Across the Country, Trump Administration Proposes to Weaken Clean Water Protection

The agencies have proposed to narrow the universe of waters protected under the Clean Water Act, yet again
In the News: Rolling Stone April 6, 2025

Trump and Conservatives Lead Attack on Clean Water

Press Release March 12, 2025

Trump’s EPA Takes Aim at Clean Water Protections

Waterways across the U.S. poised to lose even more protections from pollution and reckless development
In the News: The Colorado Sun January 30, 2025

Colorado law protects state streams, lakes and wetlands no matter who is in the White House, lawmakers say

Clean water advocates attend a Protect Our Waters rally outside the Supreme Court the same day as arguments in Sackett v. EPA in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 3, 2022. (Melissa Lyttle for Earthjustice)
Article May 22, 2024

When the Supreme Court Gutted Clean Water Protections, Local Champions Stepped Up

A year after Sackett v. EPA, here’s how advocates are fighting state by state to restore safeguards against pollution and habitat destruction.
Wetlands and streams most in danger after the U.S. Supreme Court’s "Sackett v. EPA" ruling.
feature May 14, 2024

Wetlands and Streams Most in Danger After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA Ruling

The United States has at least 290 million acres of wetlands, and at least 200 million miles of life-giving streams.
In the News: Rhode Island Current March 21, 2024

As feds stand down, states choose between wetlands protections or rollbacks

In the News: The Denver Post January 28, 2024

After the Supreme Court gutted federal protections for half of Colorado’s waters, can state leaders fill the gap?

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release August 29, 2023

SCOTUS Ruling Spurs EPA to Reduce Protection for U.S. Waterways

More than half the country’s wetlands, along with streams and even lakes, could be left vulnerable to pollution
document August 22, 2023

Updated WOTUS Rule (Aug 2023)

Updated Waters of the United States Rule (WOTUS), released by the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
document June 13, 2023

Na Kia‘i Kai and Surfrider Foundation v County of Kauai Order

Plaintiffs Na Kia‘i Kai and Surfrider Foundation move for summary judgment against Defendants County of Kaua‘i and Director of the Department of Health Elizabeth Char on Plaintiffs’ claim that Defendants…
Millions of Americans rely on the Clean Water Rule to protect their drinking water sources. (Ren Photo / Getty Images)
Article June 8, 2023

The Supreme Court Has Severely Weakened Clean Water Protections. Here’s How We’ll Fight Back.

The court's Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency decision puts more than half of the nation’s wetlands at risk. But we still have legal tools to fight back.
In the News: Strict Scrutiny May 29, 2023

A Wrecking Ball to Environmental Law

The wetlands affected by Sackett include those that supply the drinking water for millions of people in the United States. (Getty Images)
Article May 26, 2023

What Does Sackett v. EPA Mean for Clean Water?

A lawyer analyzes the Supreme Court's ruling.
Pelicans flying home to roost over salt marsh at Hunting Island State Park in South Carolina near Beaufort. (Teresa Kopec / Getty Images)
Press Release May 25, 2023

Corte Suprema Debilita Protecciones de La Ley De Agua Limpia

Con la eliminación de protecciones para más de la mitad de 118 millones de acres de humedales, generaciones enfrentarán repercusiones negativas a raíz del fallo del supremo
A few hundred supporters of clean water rallied outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 3, 2022, as the court heard oral arguments in Sackett v. EPA. (Melissa Lyttle for Earthjustice)
Update May 25, 2023

Supreme Court Catastrophically Undermines Clean Water Protections

Sackett v. EPA threatens more than half of the 118 million acres of wetlands in the United States. Here's what we can do now to fight for clean water.