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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Phillis,Matthew Daly and John Flesher

After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens water protections

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them.

The rule would require that wetlands be more clearly connected to other waters like oceans and rivers, a policy shift that departs from a half-century of federal rules governing the nation’s waterways.

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