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      'Like It Never Happened': Federal Judge Tosses Trump Attack on Clean Water Rule

      Denying a Biden administration request to temporarily retain the rule, the judge reestablished "the careful balance of state and federal power to protect clean water that Congress intended when it wrote the Clean Water Act."

      Brett Wilkins
      Oct 22, 2021

      Environmental and Indigenous advocates on Friday cheered as a federal judge rejected a Biden administration request to temporarily keep in place a Trump-era Clean Water Act rule that one attorney said would have "devastated" states' ability to manage their rivers.

      "The Trump administration took an industry wish list and ran with it, trampling over state and tribal authority and public rights to clean water in the process."

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      When It Comes to Protecting America's Rivers and Streams, There's No Room for Compromise on Science

      When It Comes to Protecting America's Rivers and Streams, There's No Room for Compromise on Science

      Michael Regan, President Biden's EPA administrator, must prioritize science and water quality over the demands of big industry.

      Derrick Z. Jackson
      May 26, 2021

      With its "Waters of the United States" rule, President Obama's administration enacted unprecedented protections of rivers and streams. The Trump administration, ignoring science and the importance of wetlands, tried to return many of those waterways back to polluters by rolling back the Waters of the US rule.

      Now Michael Regan, President Biden's EPA administrator, says he wants to forge a compromise.

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      EPA Chief Purging Trump-Era Advisers to 'Focus on Science and Reduce Industry Influence'

      EPA Chief Purging Trump-Era Advisers to 'Focus on Science and Reduce Industry Influence'

      The move, said Administrator Michael Regan, "will ensure the agency receives the best possible scientific insight to support our work to protect human health and the environment."

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 31, 2021

      In a move aimed at restoring the role of science at--and public trust in--the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Michael Regan announced Wednesday that more than 40 advisers appointed by former President Donald Trump will be fired from the agency.

      "When politics drives science rather than science informing policy, we are more likely to make policy choices that sacrifice the health of the most vulnerable among us."
      --EPA Administrator Michael Regan

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