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EPA rolls back Clean Water Act protections

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The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday signed a major reform of the Clean Water Act.

The rollback means millions of miles of streams and roughly half the country’s wetlands are no longer under federal protection.

Industries that stand to gain include agriculture, homebuilding, mining, and oil and gas.

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