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"Judge Halts Biden Administration Waters Rule in Texas, Idaho"

"A federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule late Sunday. The injunction applies only to Texas and Idaho. The 2023 WOTUS rule takes effect Monday in the rest of the country and determines which waters and wetlands receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/21/2023

"House GOP Votes To Overturn Biden Rule On Water Protections"

"The House on Thursday voted to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business."

Source: AP, 03/10/2023

Earth Has Lost 1/5 Of Wetlands Since 1700; Most Could Still Be Saved

"Like so many of the planet's natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been drained, dug up and built on. Peatlands, a particular type of wetland, store at least twice the carbon of all the world's forests."

Source: The Conversation, 02/14/2023

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