Source: Derek Lacey, BLUERIDGE NOW, 7/2/17


On Tuesday, the Trump administration moved to roll back a 2015 policy protecting more than half the nation’s streams. Environmentalists say the policy is essential for clean water, while farmers, fossil fuel companies and others have decried it as overreach.Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, said the move will return power to the states and provide certainty for farmers and businesses.

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