Court battles, 2020 election loom over Trump WOTUS rule

摘要

Trump administration officials took a victory lap after they unveiled their final revisions to Clean Water Actprotections for waterways and wetlands.But the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, replacement rule that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineerscompleted yesterday must now survive a possible Democratic win in the 2020 presidential election and anexpected inundation of challenges in the courts.