Biden races courts for chance to torpedo Trump water rule

摘要

President Biden has gone full throttle in his first 100 days seeking to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks.But on one controversial rule, the president's team may not be able to outpace the judicial system.Key lawsuits that could define the reach of the Clean Water Act are working their way through federal courts -despite Biden administration attempts to stop them so it can craft its own regulations.The cases concern what waterways and wetlands qualify for federalprotections, a question that has befuddled judges for two decades.