Posted 1/25/2024, 7:00:01 PM
Study Finds Trump's 2020 Clean Water Deregulation Removed Protections for Quarter of Wetlands and Fifth of Streams
- New research used machine learning to evaluate impacts of 2020 Trump administration rule deregulating clean water protections
- Found rule removed protections for 25% of US wetlands and 20% of streams
- Also deregulated 30% of watersheds supplying drinking water
- Could save over $1B annually in permitting costs by providing estimates of regulation probability
- After this study, 2023 Biden and Supreme Court rules further changed clean water protections