On March 4, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here.

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 ...

A dispute over floating turds has led to liberal San Francisco enabling Trump's Supreme Court to hamstring the EPA. How did ...

The bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 set statutory spending caps for defense and nondefense spending. Surpassing ...

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

A bill creating a matching grants program for water and sewer infrastructure improvement projects was filed in the Arkansas ...

The agreement between the EPA and Colorado illustrates how the state has benefited from strong federal oversight even when it ...

A proposed bill ensures fossil fuel companies, not taxpayers, are on the hook for the costly impacts of climate change.

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM), in collaboration with the New York State Department of ...

Minnesota’s lakes, rivers, and wilderness are more than scenic beauty—they are a cornerstone of our shared heritage. Clean water is vital to our health, economy, and future, uniting us across ...

The company was found liable for violating the Clean Water Act after dumping a pollutant in a Cheshire brook in 2019 that ...