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EPA air cases on deck as Obama appointee joins D.C. Circuit bench
President Obama's first appointee to the nation's most influential appeals court is expected to show how he views environmental disputes and U.S. EPA in his earliest cases.
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Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E reporter
President Obama's first appointee to the nation's most influential appeals court is expected to show how he views environmental disputes and U.S. EPA in his earliest cases.
The Trump administration says it doesn't know how many streams it would exclude from Clean Water Act jurisdiction under a proposal announced today. But a 2017 slideshow by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff shows at least 18 percent of streams and 51 percent of wetlands nationwide would lose protection.
By Ariel Wittenberg and Kevin Bogardus in Greenwire
Climate change isn't just exacerbating extreme weather. Some events wouldn't happen without it, according to a major scientific report.
By Chelsea Harvey in Climatewire
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The Trump administration says it doesn't know how many streams it would exclude from Clean Water Act jurisdiction under a proposal announced today. But a 2017 slideshow by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff shows at least 18 percent of streams and 51 percent of wetlands nationwide would lose protection.
By Ariel Wittenberg and Kevin Bogardus in Greenwire
Climate change isn't just exacerbating extreme weather. Some events wouldn't happen without it, according to a major scientific report.
By Chelsea Harvey in Climatewire