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Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to remove protections for certain types of wetlands across the state to financially benefit developers. The bill is on the schedule for debate this week ...
BLUFFTON — Almost two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court stripped federal safeguards from many of the nation’s wetlands, leaving some South Carolina bogs, ponds and swamps vulnerable to ...
One advocate says the new administration’s approach turns a blind eye to science showing how all wetlands — most especially those to be erased from federal jurisdiction – serve vital protective ...
BEMUS POINT – A group of Chautauqua Lake Property Owners is eyeing a lawsuit against the state Department of Environmental Conservation to stop implementation of the state’s new freshwater wetlands ...
“Florida originally had like 4 million acres of wetlands and … they’re like the kidneys of our land so the pendulum of protecting them as they get more rare is critical,” said Gabrielle ...
Legislators and environmentalists are considering how to safeguard California’s wetlands after the Trump administration announced its plans to rein in — once again — the nation’s 53-year-old law ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) The sun sets over the marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, Oct. 17, 2024, in Big Pine Key, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the Clean Water Act — and will narrow protections for wetlands in the meantime.
India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – which is why local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.