Bobby Magill

Nearly 5 million miles of ephemeral streams lost federal protection under the Clean Water Act following the Supreme Court’s May wetlands ruling in Sackett v. EPA, a scientist said during a Senate hearing Wednesday.

The state of Alaska on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging the Interior Department’s cancellation of seven oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

A new plan for water shortages in the Colorado River Basin will take effect by 2027, replacing 20 year-old guidelines, the Interior Department announced Thursday.

An Arizona creek expected to be polluted by a proposed copper mine near Phoenix will receive lead and copper contamination limits under a proposed consent decree that the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday.

(Bloomberg Law) -- The “vast majority” of lead drinking water pipes would need to be replaced within 10 years under proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements announced Thursday, a top EPA water official said.

Water systems would be required to replace at least 10% of their lead pipes annually until they’re eliminated nationwide.

(Bloomberg Law) -- About 100 million people will be exposed to fewer cancer-causing “forever chemicals” under the country's first-ever drinking water standards for PFAS finalized Wednesday by the EPA, White House officials said.

About 100 million people will be exposed to fewer cancer-causing “forever chemicals” under the country's first-ever drinking water standards for PFAS finalized Wednesday by the EPA, White House officials said.

About 100 million people will be exposed to fewer cancer-causing “forever chemicals” under the country’s first-ever drinking water standards for PFAS finalized Wednesday by the EPA, White House officials said.