Supreme Court Delves Into Scope of Clean Water Act Permits

Tom Ichniowski

November 6, 2019

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Case centers on whether pollution moving through groundwater should require "point source" permit.

US Supreme Court May Not Hear Key Groundwater Pollution Case

September 27, 2019

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Pact between Hawaii officials and environmentalists in wastewater dispute settles some, but not all, legal issues.

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TVA Cleanup Pact Cancels Coal-Ash Case Going to Supreme Court

Mary B. Powers

September 6, 2019

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Justices still could settle this year the much-disputed issue of whether the US Clean Water Act regulates groundwater-carried pollutants.

Legal

High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case

Mary B. Powers

February 23, 2019

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Supreme Court justices will weigh lower court rulings in a Hawaii-based dispute over treated sewage carried to the ocean through groundwater.

Public-Employee Union Fees, Water Wars Are Key in High Court Rulings

Jeff Yoders

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Debra K. Rubin

July 11, 2018

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Industry groups react to halt 'to fair share' union fees for government non-members

Mary B. Powers

June 14, 2017

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Class-action lawsuits against engineering firms and public officials resulting from the Flint, Mich., water-supply crisis will be heard mostly in federal courts, based on a U.S. Supreme Court action on June 12.

ENR

Nov 11, 2019

Environmental activists have their work cut out for them as they focus their energies on eliminating embodied carbon— the building sector’s intangible climate adversary.

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