“The Trump administration proposal redefining what counts as a ‘water of the US’ under the #CleanWaterAct would exclude over 80% of #wetlands in the lower 48 states... That means that companies building homes, power plants, data centers, highways and other infrastructure might not need to pay mitigation fees or obtain permits to fill in wetlands.”

“If we’re losing that layer of wetlands as a tool, it means we’re going to have to make larger investments on the back end.”

https://www.eenews.net/articles/water-rule-rollback-stokes-affordability-concerns/

EPA Proposal Threatens Ability to Block Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects

https://murica.website/2026/01/epa-proposal-threatens-ability-to-block-pipelines-other-infrastructure-projects/

In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/climate/trump-environmental-policy-week.html

The Trump admin's newly proposed changes to the #CleanWaterAct would reduce or eliminate environmental protections in the Bay Area and across the U.S.

“This proposed rule could strip protections from the vast majority of wetlands in California, which are necessary to protect Bay Area communities from rising seas," as Baykeeper senior scientist Ian Wren said in a statement. "We can’t protect the Bay’s ecosystem and clean water if the law no longer recognizes the wetlands that make it possible."

#WOTUS #BayArea #SFBay #SanfranciscoBay #wetlands

Read more: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/epa-issues-proposed-clean-water-act-rollbacks-baykeeper-statement/

#EPA Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for #Wetlands

The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems.

Maxine Joselow
By Maxine Joselow
Reporting from the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters in Washington
Nov. 17, 2025

"The Trump administration proposed on Monday to significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in wetlands, rivers and other bodies of water across the country.

"The proposed rule could strip federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands and streams, potentially threatening sources of clean drinking water for millions of Americans. It was a victory for a range of business interests that have lobbied to scale back the #CleanWaterAct of 1972, including farmers, home builders, #RealEstateDevelopers, oil drillers and #petrochemical manufacturers."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate/epa-curbs-protections-for-wetlands.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/KEbdk

#WaterIsLife #USPol #SacrificeZone #SacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism #EPAFail #Industries #IndustrialUse
#Mining #PollutionSacrificeZones #GreedKills #CapitalismKills #CapitalismMustDie

The #Trump admin proposed Monday to significantly limit the EPA’s authority to limit #pollution in #wetlands, #rivers & other bodies of #water across the country.

The proposed rule could strip federal #protections from millions of acres of wetlands & #streams, potentially threatening sources of clean #DrinkingWater for millions of Americans.

#climate #wildlife #law #EnvironmentalLaw #CleanWaterAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate/epa-curbs-protections-for-wetlands.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share