kkitsuragisleftnut [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoThe EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkThe EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands.www.npr.orgkkitsuragisleftnut [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareprivatized_sun [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year ago the law includes only streams, oceans, rivers and lakes, and wetlands with a “continuous surface connection to those bodies.” (insert guillotine joke) As a result of the rule change, protections for many waterways and wetlands will now fall to states. “Biden isn’t a weak, failed leader, he’s merely letting states fail and be weak on their own terms!” very reassuring
(insert guillotine joke)
“Biden isn’t a weak, failed leader, he’s merely letting states fail and be weak on their own terms!” very reassuring