Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 2/8/20


President Trump is making good on a campaign promise to rollback clean water rules. Late last month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a dramatic reduction in the reach of the Clean Water Act, exempting many streams and most of the nation’s wetlands from protection. It’s a big win for farmers and real estate developers, who say compliance with the rule was costly and complicated. But the changes will likely hurt many North Carolina homeowners, and they’ll waste a lot of taxpayer money — consequences the administration refuses to acknowledge.

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