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Trump EPA Throws Out Obama-Era Clean Water Protections

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   The Trump administration has thrown out Obama-era rules that expended
   federal protection of waterways from pollution, a move
   environmentalists say they will challenge in court.

   Getting rid of the 2015 Waters of the United States Act "puts an end to
   an egregious power grab, eliminates an ongoing patchwork of clean water
   regulations, and restores a longstanding and familiar regulatory
   framework," Environmental Protection Agency Chief Andrew Wheeler said
   Thursday.

   He added that it fulfills one of President Donald Trump's "key
   promises."

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