Some worry a U.S. Supreme Court decision could make Charleston's local waterbodies more vulnerable to fecal contamination, a ...

When it rains too much in San Francisco, the city's wastewater treatment plant can get overloaded. An overloaded wastewater treatment plant means ...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court substantially weakened federal limitations on raw sewage discharge into nearby bodies of water.

In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled to limit the EPA's authority to issue broad water pollution permits under ...

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Robert Weinstock and Alexa Longstaff say there are shortcomings to the Supreme Court ...

On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency held that ...

The Supreme Court weakened restrictions on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 decision to roll back ...

The dissent, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, suggests that the legal theory of five-vote majority decision was largely of the Court’s own making and contends that its narrow interpretation of ...

Amy Coney Barrett joined the liberal justices in a dissent against Samuel Alito—and his thinly veiled policy agenda.

The 5-4 ruling found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency permits were too vague in their interpretation of the Clean Water Act.

Americans are getting antsy about the possibility of poop in the drinking water thanks to a new interpretation of the Clean ...

The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution ...