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The lowdown on Trump’s lowdown Dirty Water Rule
This was originally published on NRDC's blog. Earlier this month, the Trump administration unveiled its long-threatened scheme to radically restrict the Clean Water Act, the country’s key safeguard against pollution of our lakes, rivers, and wetlands. If they follow...
Clean Water Action: Trump’s EPA wipes out protections for wetlands and drinking water, in another giveaway to corporate polluters
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Washington, D.C. -- Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its proposal to replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule, also known as WOTUS. The proposal uses a very narrow, unscientific definition of water based on Justice...
Environment America: EPA “Dirty Water Rule” would drastically roll back pollution safeguards For Immediate Release
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveils its proposed replacement for the Clean Water Rule. The new rule would drastically roll back Clean Water Act protections from vast networks of streams and wetlands across the...
NCRM: Trump Administration Pushes to Gut Clean Water Rule, Putting Maine’s Clean Water at Risk
Statement of Emmie Theberge, Federal Project Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine “The Trump Administration’s proposal to scrap the Clean Water Rule is the wrong move for Maine and for our country. If finalized, this ‘Dirty Water Rule’ would strip safeguards...
Healing Our Waters Coalition: Coalition Opposes Trump Move to Weaken Clean Water Protections
Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition: Communities like Flint, Mich., still grapple with pollution. We need more – not less – protection for clean water. ANN ARBOR, MICH. (December 11, 2018)—The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition warned that a proposed rule...
Earthjustice: New Dirty Water Rule Would Trash Communities’ Drinking Water
In threat to public health, Trump administration proposes to gut protections for close to two million miles of streams and wetlands Washington, D.C. – The Trump administration announced plans to roll back protections for nearly two million miles of streams and...
Trout Unlimited: EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers aim to cut protections for thousands of streams
Proposal leaves important drinking water sources and habitat unprotected from pollution (Dec. 11, 2018) WASHINGTON D.C. -- Trout Unlimited announced its strong opposition to the proposed rollback of protections for thousands of miles of streams and many wetlands today...
Montana Wildlife Federation:Fish, Wildlife, and Montana’s Economy Threatened by Clean Water Rule Repeal
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled plans to replace the Clean Water Rule which they repealed last year with a new, substantially weaker set of requirements for protecting water quality. The new proposal would essentially drop Clean Water Act...
SELC:Administration’s Attack on Clean Water Act is a Giveaway to Polluters
Proposal Slashes Critical Water Protections Under Clean Water Act WASHINGTON – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement in reaction to the administration’s proposal that guts the Clean Water Act, stripping longstanding protections...
NRPE Statement on EPA’s Proposed Rewrite of the Clean Water Rule
December 12, 2018 The Trump administration took action yesterday to weaken key parts of the Clean Water Act by proposing a new rule on water, which is an integral part of our physical and spiritual wellbeing. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of...
Press Releases
Clean Water Action: Trump’s EPA wipes out protections for wetlands and drinking water, in another giveaway to corporate polluters
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Washington, D.C. -- Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its proposal to replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule, also known as WOTUS. The proposal uses a very narrow, unscientific definition of water based on Justice...
Environment America: EPA “Dirty Water Rule” would drastically roll back pollution safeguards For Immediate Release
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveils its proposed replacement for the Clean Water Rule. The new rule would drastically roll back Clean Water Act protections from vast networks of streams and wetlands across the...
NCRM: Trump Administration Pushes to Gut Clean Water Rule, Putting Maine’s Clean Water at Risk
Statement of Emmie Theberge, Federal Project Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine “The Trump Administration’s proposal to scrap the Clean Water Rule is the wrong move for Maine and for our country. If finalized, this ‘Dirty Water Rule’ would strip safeguards...
Healing Our Waters Coalition: Coalition Opposes Trump Move to Weaken Clean Water Protections
Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition: Communities like Flint, Mich., still grapple with pollution. We need more – not less – protection for clean water. ANN ARBOR, MICH. (December 11, 2018)—The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition warned that a proposed rule...
Earthjustice: New Dirty Water Rule Would Trash Communities’ Drinking Water
In threat to public health, Trump administration proposes to gut protections for close to two million miles of streams and wetlands Washington, D.C. – The Trump administration announced plans to roll back protections for nearly two million miles of streams and...
Trout Unlimited: EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers aim to cut protections for thousands of streams
Proposal leaves important drinking water sources and habitat unprotected from pollution (Dec. 11, 2018) WASHINGTON D.C. -- Trout Unlimited announced its strong opposition to the proposed rollback of protections for thousands of miles of streams and many wetlands today...
Montana Wildlife Federation:Fish, Wildlife, and Montana’s Economy Threatened by Clean Water Rule Repeal
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled plans to replace the Clean Water Rule which they repealed last year with a new, substantially weaker set of requirements for protecting water quality. The new proposal would essentially drop Clean Water Act...
SELC:Administration’s Attack on Clean Water Act is a Giveaway to Polluters
Proposal Slashes Critical Water Protections Under Clean Water Act WASHINGTON – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement in reaction to the administration’s proposal that guts the Clean Water Act, stripping longstanding protections...
NRPE Statement on EPA’s Proposed Rewrite of the Clean Water Rule
December 12, 2018 The Trump administration took action yesterday to weaken key parts of the Clean Water Act by proposing a new rule on water, which is an integral part of our physical and spiritual wellbeing. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of...
NPCA: Trump’s Repeal of Clean Water Rule Means Dirtier Water For People and National Parks
The proposed rule will take us back five decades in our effort to clean up our waterways. The original WOTUS rule, also known as the Clean Water Rule, was developed over a multi-year process that included bipartisan support. The goal was to end confusion about which...