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A Capital Region Water sign posted along the east bank of the Susquehanna River reads “Warning. Combined sewer overflow. Avoid contact with discharge.”
March 20, 2025 | 5:37 PM

Federal ruling could affect pollution entering Pennsylvania waters

In a 5-4 ruling earlier this month, the court determined the EPA cannot impose ā€œend resultā€ provisions in permits that regulate water pollution.

By Rachel McDevitt
May 26, 2023 | 12:06 PM

The Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act

By Nina Totenberg/ NPR
The Delaware River in Water Gap, Pa.
September 12, 2019 | 8:23 PM

Pa. business advocates celebrate Trumpā€™s Clean Water rollback

Meanwhile, environmental groups like the Chesapeake Bay Foundation say the move is an ā€œassaultā€ on clean water.
By Katie Meyer
A photo of a Delmarva bay in spring shows the wetland flooded. In summer and fall this same wetland is dry. This isolated wetland fell under Obama's Waters of the U.S. Rule. Under a Trump administration proposal, federal protection for many wetlands would be removed.
December 12, 2018 | 9:05 AM

Trump administration rolls back Obama-era water protections

By Dana Bate/WHYY
Gina Catanzarite, writer and producer, and Glenn Syska, director of photography and editor, on the “set” of their documentary, “Downstream.”
October 16, 2018 | 7:12 AM

“Downstream” documentary looks at pollution in Pennsylvania’s water

Producer: State could be success story, or cautionary tale
By Kara Holsopple/The Allegheny Front
The Cumberland Mine in Greene County, Pa.
August 17, 2018 | 9:00 PM

Greene County coal mine seeks increased seasonal pollution limit

After water quality in Monongahela River improves, company requests regulations relaxed
By Reid Frazier
June 2, 2015 | 2:14 PM

New water-quality rule expected to affect energy companies

By Jon Hurdle
March 3, 2015 | 3:01 PM

USGS: Fracking water quality data “scarce”

By Susan Phillips
December 22, 2014 | 6:35 PM

Feds fine Marcellus driller XTO $2.3 million

By Susan Phillips
October 1, 2014 | 5:53 PM

Enviros threaten to sue over sewage spills in Valley Forge trout stream

By Katie Colaneri
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