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Clean Water: "Court Battles, 2020 Election Loom Over Trump WOTUS Rule"

"Trump administration officials took a victory lap after they unveiled their final revisions to Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wetlands. But the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, replacement rule that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers completed yesterday must now survive a possible Democratic win in the 2020 presidential election and an expected inundation of challenges in the courts."

Source: Greenwire, 01/27/2020

"Clean Water Act: Final WOTUS Rule Drains Wetland Protections"

"A final rule unveiled by the Trump administration today eliminates Clean Water Act protections for the majority of the nation's wetlands and more than 18% of streams."

Source: Greenwire, 01/24/2020

"Trump Eases Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands"

"The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens."

Source: NY Times, 01/23/2020

Hundreds Of New Wells May Dry Up One Of Arizona's Most Precious Rivers

"A flash of red streaked through the trees: a vermilion flycatcher. The brightly colored bird chirped and trilled, adding to a chorus that rang from the towering trees. ... The ecosystem depends on the river, and the river itself depends on an unseen source. Much of its flow is fed by groundwater, emerging from the aquifer in springs and seeps, sustaining the river."

Source: Arizona Republic, 12/09/2019

"Clean Water Act: WOTUS Lawsuits Start Long, Muddy Legal Battle"

"Get ready for a surge of lawsuits over the Trump administration's decision to walk back Obama-era protections for wetlands and streams."

Source: Greenwire, 10/25/2019

"Environmental Groups Sue Over Trump Rollback of Waters Rule"

"The National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, and nine other groups sued Oct. 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, accusing the federal government of breaking the law in its rollback of the 2015 Clean Water Rule."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/24/2019

Wetlands: Calif. Sues EPA For Nixing Protection Of S.F. Bay Salt Ponds

"California sued the Trump administration today over EPA's refusal to extend Clean Water Act protections to salt ponds in San Francisco Bay."

Source: Greenwire, 09/25/2019

"Trump Administration Rolls Back Clean Water Protection"

"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."

Source: NY Times, 09/13/2019

"Pipeline Companies Seize Land Rights With Eminent Domain"

"In the patchwork of rice fields and pastures spreading across southwest Louisiana is a parcel Jay Lewis’ family has called their own for longer than anyone can remember."

Source: Southerly, 09/03/2019

"Fracking Boom Tied To Methane Spike In Earth’s Atmosphere"

"Scientists have measured big increases in the amount of methane, the powerful global warming gas, entering the atmosphere over the last decade. Cows or wetlands have been fingered as possible sources, but new research points to methane emissions from fossil fuel production—mainly from shale gas operations in the United States and Canada—as the culprit."

Source: National Geographic, 08/16/2019

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