Bush Administration Policies Draining Wetlands

Environmental groups release a report that claims thousands of acres of wetlands have been drained by developers under a policy adopted by the Bush administration.

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August 16, 2004, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The administration has allowed developers to drain thousands of acres of wetlands under a policy adopted last year, according to a report issued yesterday by four environmental groups.

The study, based on Freedom of Information Act requests, represents the first accounting of how the administration's interpretation of a 2001 Supreme Court decision...

Last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency said under the ruling, they could not protect such wetlands unless they were connected to interstate commerce.

Environmentalists complained that the directive put millions of acres of rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands at risk, and the report identified more than a dozen cases in which the Corps of Engineers subsequently approved development in areas described as ecologically sensitive."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Report Says U.S. Is Draining Wetlands

Thursday, August 12, 2004 in The Washington Post

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