The Clean Water Act was a staggering bipartisan achievement. Now Trump is gutting it | Blan Holman

This is the single largest loss of clean water protections that America has ever seen - and the timing couldn't be worse

It may be hard to remember these days, but the nation that led the world on to the stage of modern environmental protection was the United States.

Starting in the early 70s, the US Congress enacted bold bipartisan laws to protect America's wildlife, air and water. America's skies cleared. Waterfronts across the nation went from blighted dumping grounds into vital civic hearts.