Trump administration revokes Obama rule protecting wetlands and streams
by Associated Press from on (#4Q7RK)
Environmental advocates say millions will be left with less safe drinking water as activists plan court challenge
The Trump administration has revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many US wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights.
Environmental groups criticized the administration's action on Thursday, the latest in a series of moves to roll back environmental protections put into place when Barack Obama was president.
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