Clean Water Act

Water Wars: Water pollution, protection, and politics

Environment

Access to fresh water may be the most pressing issue of the twenty-first century. Protecting it may be a matter of life and death.

Lawmakers: Remove EPA’s enforcement of water standards

Environment

A Look Back at the Birth of the Clean Water Act

Politicians United on Clean Drinking Water

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Clean Water Act Overhaul

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A New Take on Clean Water

An environmental lawyer discusses the Supreme Court’s decision in the Coeur Alaska Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council case, which makes the dumping of toxic tailings from mines into waterways legal.

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Redefining Rivers

Seasonal tributaries in the Southwest are under scrutiny in the wake of a Supreme Court decision.

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Clean Water Anniversary

The Clean Water Act turns 35 this month – time to take stock. Lakes and rivers are cleaner but nowhere near the Act’s goals.

Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act is thirty years old this week. Host Steve Curwood talks with Living on Earth’s Washington correspondent, Anna Solomon-Greenbaum, about some of the Act’s accomplishments, and the challenges that lie ahead.

Clean Fill

The Bush administration is changing a subtle but important part of the Clean Water Act, and it could have a big impact on the streams of Appalachia. Guest host Pippin Ross discusses the issue with Living on Earth’s Washington correspondent Anna Solomon-Greenbaum.

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