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EPA Releases Draft of Clean Water Strategy for Public Comment

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The EPA seeks stricter pollution standards and a national water quality assessment.

Q&A: Josh Fox on the ‘Toxification’ of U.S. Water Sources in the Dig for Natural Gas

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The documentary “Gasland" has shown at film festivals and on HBO.

Clean Water Act Proposal Would Strengthen Federal Protection

Opponents call the proposal a federal power grab, while the bill's author says it would restore the original intent of the landmark water legislation.

California Water Board Changes Power Plant Regulations to Protect Aquatic Life

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Power plants will be required to change their cooling systems to reduce the amount of water they withdraw from oceans and estuaries as a result.

Clean Water Act Leaves Waterways Vulnerable to Pollution

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As many as half of the nation’s largest water polluters might be exempt from the Clean Water Act’s requirements because Supreme Court decisions never clarified what waterways the act protects.

Congressmen Urge Obama to Strengthen Clean Water Act

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The Bush Administration has weakened the maw of the Clean Water…

Obama Policies Could Clean Up Water Act

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An insistent cadre of experts and activists have high hopes…

Drink baby, drink: EPA allows rocket fuel in public water

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced…

CITGO Fined: Oil and Water Do Not Mix, Decides USDOJ

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Delaware petroleum corporation CITGO faces a $13 million fine for its recent Clean Water Act violation.

Utah mining corporation indicted for water pollution

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Discharging selenium into watersheds remains a major problem…

Op-ed: Clearer Rules, Cleaner Waters

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The 1972 Clean Water Act, an act that should serve to regulate…

Runaway runoff results in EPA sue-age

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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - With algae abloom in Florida waterways,…