CLEAN WATER ACT

Experts predict legal trouble for Scalia-inspired rule

Published: Friday, December 14, 2018

The Trump administration is breaking with its predecessors by using a 2006 opinion by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from a famously muddled wetlands case in a bid to limit Clean Water Act protection of isolated wetlands and waterways. Many legal experts don't think that's a good idea.

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EPA

Why agency's watchdog investigated Jeffrey Epstein

Financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came under scrutiny by EPA's internal watchdog over "possible kickbacks" to environmental regulators in the Caribbean.

By Kevin Bogardus in Greenwire Friday, July 10, 2020

CAMPAIGN 2020

Meet Biden's climate rainmakers

Climate change activists have emerged as some of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's most important donors, having hosted some of his biggest fundraising events.

By Timothy Cama in E&E Daily Friday, July 10, 2020

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