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Biden administration moves to protect wetlands, undoing a major Trump move washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
With the announcement, the Biden administration is wading into a decades-long battle over how far federal officials can go to stop contaminants from entering small streams and other wetlands. wapo.st/3pAbCeC
The change could have broad implications for farming, real estate development and other activities. It is the latest salvo in a decades-long battle over how far federal officials can go to stop contaminants from entering small streams and other waterways. wapo.st/3pAbCeC
Heeding the call of home developers, oil drillers and growers who saw the restrictions as detrimental to their livelihoods, the Trump administration rolled back Obama-era pollution controls.

From 2019: wapo.st/3zhNBgy
The Trump-era rule eased the path for several construction projects, including a commercial, industrial and residential park along the Savannah River, which forms the border between South Carolina and Georgia. wapo.st/3zhNBgy

📸: (Bruce Smith/AP)
With the announcement, the Biden administration is kicking off a lengthy rulemaking process in which it will first strike down the Trump rule before issuing its own definition for which waterways get federal protection. wapo.st/3iAv2P7 Biden team moves to protect wetlands. Administration is set
As Biden unwinds dozens of Trump’s energy and
environmental policies, he’s forging his own.

We are tracking key U.S. environmental policy shifts here: wapo.st/2SfByjy

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