August 11, 2000 U.S. Acts to Tighten Protection of Wetlands By DOUGLAS JEHL Related Articles The Natural World: Environment The New York Times on the Web: Science/Health Forum Join a Discussion on Science in the News ASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Clinton administration today proposed new rules to protect environmentally sensitive wetlands from development, a response to what administration officials ...

July 28, 2000 7 States in West Reach Outline on Sharing of the Colorado River By TODD S. PURDUM OS ANGELES, July 27 -- California and the six other Western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have reached the outlines of an agreement that would let California gradually reduce its over-dependence on the river through extensive conservation and underground storage measures during the ...

The EPA has reversed a preliminary decision it made in March to overturn a Clinton era regulation tightening arsenic standards for drinking water.