Trump Administration to Roll Back Clean Water Protections

Posted on AllSides September 12th, 2019
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday announced the repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation that had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and other bodies of water.

The rollback of the 2015 measure, known as the Waters of the United States rule, adds to a lengthy list of environmental rules that the administration has worked to weaken or undo over the past two and a half years. Those efforts have focused heavily on eliminating restrictions on fossil fuel pollution, including coal-fired...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/trump-administration-to-roll-back-clean-water-protections.html

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