: Proponents of the rollback, including agricultural and real estate groups, argued that previous rules were "egregious power grabs" that hindered economic development and intruded on state authority.
The Trump administration's rule, finalized in 2020, was a direct reversal of the Obama-era . US court overturns Trump water rule on environm...
: By vacating the rule, the court effectively restored the broader, pre-2015 definitions of protected waters while the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works on a new permanent regulation. : Proponents of the rollback, including agricultural and
: This ruling is part of a broader cycle of litigation surrounding environmental policy, with various states and industry groups expected to continue challenging any new definitions of federal water jurisdiction in court. : Proponents of the rollback
