"The Obama administration's controversial Clean Water Act jurisdiction rule was already on life support before the election.

Dozens of lawsuits and a nationwide stay halted U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers' plans to implement the new standards on the ground.

At the same time, congressional opponents and industry groups continued to paint the rule as invasive, hastily written and illegal.

With Donald Trump's promise to pull the plug on the measure, it's only a matter time before it dies, say observers. "I think this rule is ultimately doomed," Vermont Law School professor Pat Parenteau said in an email."

Tiffany Stecker reports for Greenwire November 16, 2016. [2]