In December a coalition of 14 states sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its rollback of the Waters of the United States Rule, which was modified last month when President Trump signed the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (see related story). The states may have gotten some support from a group of scientists affiliated with the EPA. In a draft letter posted online late last month, the EPA’s 41-member Science Advisory Board found that the new rule “decreases protection for our nation’s waters and d … (read more)
