12-12-2018 20:44 via thestranger.com

Trump's Sweeping Changes to Clean Water Act Will Pollute America's Drinking Water

"This proposal is reckless, and we will fight to ensure it never goes into effect.”by Katie HerzogYum. Toa55/GettyBad news for Americans who drink water: The Trump administration announced this week that they will be ending federal protection for waterways and wetlands across the country.The new proposal, which EPA head Andrew Wheeler announced Tuesday, will end an Obama-era expansion of the Clean Water Act. Under Obama, the definition of "waters of the United States," which the Clean Wate
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