Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote for the court, ruled that the agency had gone beyond what the Clean Water Act allowed. “We hold that the two challenged provisions exceed the EPA’s authority ...

Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion ignored the consequences of the city’s continual sewage discharge, ... The Clean Water Act, Alito wrote for the court, ...

The decision, authored by Justice Samuel Alito and backed by the court's conservative majority, prevents the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing broad water quality protections for ...

The decision undercuts the agency’s Clean Water Act enforcement authority. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that EPA cannot enforce requirements in wastewater permits that “do not spell out ...

Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the 5-4 majority decision, saying the Clean Water Act does not permit the EPA to hold a permit holder responsible for the overall water quality of a receiving body ...

The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Clean Water Act (CWA) ... or nuisance” as defined under California’s Water Code. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for a 5-4 majority, ...

But the justices appeared to agree that the Clean Water Act does not prohibit the agency from using generic language. "There's got to be something in this statute that tells you that the agency ...

The Supreme Court of the United States’ recent Clean Water Act decision in City of San Francisco v.EPA has sent shockwaves through the environmental community by prohibiting EPA and state ...

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote for the court, ruled that the agency had gone beyond what the Clean Water Act allowed. “We hold that the two challenged provisions exceed the EPA’s authority ...