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#EPA Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for #Wetlands

The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems.

Maxine Joselow
By Maxine Joselow
Reporting from the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters in Washington
Nov. 17, 2025

"The Trump administration proposed on Monday to significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in wetlands, rivers and other bodies of water across the country.

"The proposed rule could strip federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands and streams, potentially threatening sources of clean drinking water for millions of Americans. It was a victory for a range of business interests that have lobbied to scale back the #CleanWaterAct of 1972, including farmers, home builders, #RealEstateDevelopers, oil drillers and #petrochemical manufacturers."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate/epa-curbs-protections-for-wetlands.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/KEbdk

#WaterIsLife #USPol #SacrificeZone #SacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism #EPAFail #Industries #IndustrialUse
#Mining #PollutionSacrificeZones #GreedKills #CapitalismKills #CapitalismMustDie

Four Bay Area beaches are among 10 of the dirtiest in CA, as our partners at Heal the Bay report.

And San Francisco accounts for A LOT of coastal California's sewage spills.

Last year, the EPA & CA joined us in suing SFPUC for its 500+ Clean Water Act violations, including bypassing treatment systems and failing to maintain required treatment capacity during storms.

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/four-bay-area-beaches-ranked-among-dirtiest-21073825.php

#sewage #sewagepollution #sanfrancisco #sfpuc #sf #cleanwateract #waterpollution #bayarea #sfbay #sanfranciscobay @sfgate

We're hiring! 📣

Baykeeper is seeking an attorney to join our team working on high-impact legal advocacy and environmental litigation using the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and other state & federal laws to achieve legal justice for the Bay and the communities that rely on it.

Learn more: https://baykeeper.org/take-action/jobs-and-internships#attorney

#nowhiring #legaljobs #environmentaljobs #BayAreaJobs #cleanwateract #EndangeredSpeciesAct

I reported two different construction sites for failure to install and maintain erosion control on their sites after I crashed my bike trying to get through all the sediment. It's kind of ironic this would happen to a cyclist who is a soil scientist that teaches a class on erosion control methods and related government agencies and policy. #NPDES #Erosion #ErosionControl #CleanWaterAct #EPA #KDHE