It is part of a larger effort to rewrite or repeal dozens of environmental regulations issued under the last administration. “It breaks the law and ignores the basic science that tells us our waterways are critically interconnected," he added. But what constitutes such waterways has been the question regulators, lobbyists, judges and members of Congress have wrestled over for decades. “Right now, that particular area of the watershed is facing pressures from developers that want to build over streams and wetlands," Gisler said. You are reading The Energy 202, our must-read tipsheet on energy and the environment.

Source: Washington Post January 24, 2020 13:07 UTC