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Yukon Wetlands Pushed To Tipping Point By Placer Mining: First Nation

"The Yukon Water Board is asking the public to weigh in as the territory considers legislation to protect remaining undisturbed wetlands from small-scale gold mining in streams and riverbeds".

"The Indian River watershed, which used to provide “sweeping” wetland habitat south of Dawson City, Yukon, has been all but destroyed by placer mining, Darren Taylor, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation’s director of natural resources, told the territory’s water board during a recent virtual hearing.

Source: The Narwhal, 12/15/2020

Mississippi R.: EPA Ditches Bush Veto, Approves WWII-Era Flood Project

"EPA has greenlit a flood project halted by the Bush administration, saying the new version of the Yazoo Backwater Pumps would not be covered by its 2008 veto of the project."

Source: E&E News, 12/03/2020

"Congress Seeks Answers on Alaskan Mine Project"

"House investigators are seeking records from the developers of the Pebble Mine project and the Army Corps of Engineers, to determine whether the company misrepresented its plans."

Source: NYTimes, 11/23/2020

"Federal Water Rule Expected to Stay Murky Through Biden Term"

"A Biden administration won’t be able to untangle the legal and regulatory “mess” under part of the Clean Water Act that determines which streams, wetlands and other waters get federal protection, legal scholars and litigators say."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/20/2020

"Analysis: Mississippi Pump Proposal Evokes Strong Reactions"

"Farmers, rural shopkeepers and Mississippi politicians from both major parties are speaking out to support a proposed flood control project that would pump water from parts of the south Delta. Environmental groups remain opposed to the Yazoo Backwater Project."

Source: AP, 11/16/2020

"Some Areas Protected As Formosa’s Louisiana Work Continues"

"A Taiwan-based company and opponents to plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex have agreed that site preparation can continue except in wetlands and in five known or possible sites of enslaved people’s graves."

Source: AP, 11/05/2020

"Trump Signs Bipartisan Bill Funding Conservation Grants"

"President Trump on Friday approved a bipartisan bill that funds several popular conservation grants."

Source: The Hill, 11/02/2020

"Army Corps Banks On Wetland Data EPA Deemed 'Unreliable'"

"When the Trump administration finalized a key Clean Water Act rule last year, it slammed media outlets for citing federal data showing it would erase protections for more than half the nation's wetlands and 18% of streams."

Source: E&E News, 10/29/2020

"Trump Environmental Rollback Spurs Mining Near Okefenokee"

"A mining company said Tuesday that it plans to dig for minerals without a federal permit at the edge of the vast wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp, a big step for a once-embattled project that’s now benefiting from the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental rules."

Source: AP, 10/21/2020

"FEMA Ends Policy Favoring Flood Walls Over Green Protections"

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has taken a dramatic step to encourage communities to use environmentally friendly features such as wetlands for flood protection instead of building sea walls and levees."

Source: E&E News, 10/15/2020

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