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Illinois has few remaining wetlands. A Trump administration proposal could decimate what’s left. If the rule takes effect, ...

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The change would codify a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that removed federal protections for wetlands that are either seasonal or aren’t connected to streams, lakes, rivers and oceans. The case was ...

The EPA released new legal definition for "waters of the United States" that environmental activists say might spur more ...

The Trump administration wants to strip federal protections from wetlands and streams. We explain how it could affect ...

Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a the new rule.

Federal protections for many wetlands could soon disappear under a new proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock ...

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

At the heart of the proposal announced earlier this week is a new, stricter definition to the long-debated legal term, “Waters of the United States." ...