Clean Water Act

This week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the federal government’s authority to police water pollution was greeted in Montana with a combination of relief and frustration.

A nonprofit organization made up of past and current U.S. Forest Service employees is suing the agency. The complaint filed by Forest Service Employees For Environmental Ethics accuses the federal agency of violating the Clean Water Act by dumping fire retardant into water bodies.

The U.S. Supreme Court on July 6 upheld a stay on parts of construction for the 1,200-mile Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, which broke ground in northern Montana earlier this year.

Environmental groups allege a southwestern Montana water district is illegally polluting the West Fork of the Gallatin River. On Wednesday, the groups...

The proposed Montanore copper and silver mine in the Cabinet Mountains has experienced another setback. A state district court judge found Friday that a…

The water we drink is protected by federal rules, which are at the crux of a long-running fight over how far upstream that protection extends. ...

A new federal rule that would roll back Clean Water Act protections across the country opened for public comment last week. If finalized, the rule would…

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is praising a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows legal challenges to the Obama Administration's Waters of the United…

The Trump Administration is moving to roll back an Obama-era policy that was designed to protect over half the nation’s streams from pollution.The…

I’m standing on the bank of Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula, close to where it joins the Clark Fork River. The future of this creek and scores more across…