CLEAN WATER ACT
Wheeler: WOTUS rule ends Obama-era 'power grab'
The Trump administration's final rollback of Clean Water Act protections will bring "clarity and certainty" to landowners, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said today.
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Ariel Wittenberg and Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E News reporters
The Trump administration's final rollback of Clean Water Act protections will bring "clarity and certainty" to landowners, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said today.
The president intended to require that all federal infrastructure projects be built to withstand the flooding effects of climate change. But the provision failed to revoke a Trump-era order.
By Thomas Frank in Climatewire
Exxon Mobil Corp. floated the idea yesterday of a $100 billion carbon capture "innovation zone" to trap and store emissions from industrial sources around Houston.
By Carlos Anchondo in Energywire
The president intended to require that all federal infrastructure projects be built to withstand the flooding effects of climate change. But the provision failed to revoke a Trump-era order.
By Thomas Frank in Climatewire
Exxon Mobil Corp. floated the idea yesterday of a $100 billion carbon capture "innovation zone" to trap and store emissions from industrial sources around Houston.
By Carlos Anchondo in Energywire