Wetlands’ fate up to the states
Tens of millions of acres of wetlands are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month. Some states are seeking to enact their own regulations to fill the gap, while others see the decision as an opportunity to roll back state standards.
(Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service)
States’ to-do lists just got a little longer: Decide how — or whether — to oversee building, planting and water quality in some wetland areas.
Last month, a U...
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