In a significant legal blow to the environmental deregulation efforts of the Trump administration, a federal judge has . This rule, which had significantly limited the scope of the Clean Water Act , was struck down after the court found it could lead to "serious environmental harm". Court Ruling and Rationale
: The decision creates an immediate shift for developers and landowners who must now comply with stricter federal oversight under the 1986 regulatory framework until a new rule is finalized.
: The Trump rule removed federal protections for more than half of the nation's wetlands and hundreds of thousands of miles of ephemeral streams—bodies of water that flow only after rain or snowfall.
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