🌿 Environment 7h ago · By Marianne Lavelle

New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects

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New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
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At issue is a Clean Water Act provision that has long given states a role in decision-making on infrastructure that would affect streams and wetlands.By Marianne LavelleWhen the Trump administration last fall unveiled its cornerstone policy for carrying out the Clean Water Act—new language spelling out the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority—it said one of its goals was to return power to states and tribes.

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