Letter to Administrator Pruitt, RE: the Clean Water Rule

Dear Administrator Pruitt: On behalf of our millions of supporters, we write to provide our perspective on your avowed intention to eliminate the important federal safeguards included in the 2015 Clean Water Rule — a process initiated when President Trump signed...

Proposed Budget Would Increase Water Pollution

By Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Water Program, NRDC Originally published here President Trump announced his proposed budget on Thursday. If it were to be adopted by Congress, it would threaten public health and our natural resources enormously. Although this budget is...

President Trump Attacks Clean Water

By Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Water Program, NRDC This was originally published here Today, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin repealing the Clean Water Rule, a landmark...