… On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to strip federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands and streams, narrowing the reach of the Clean Water Act. On Wednesday, federal wildlife agencies announced changes to the Endangered Species Act that could make it harder to rescue endangered species from the brink of extinction. And on Thursday, the Interior Department moved to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region in the high Arctic where drilling has never before taken place. If the Trump administration’s proposals are finalized and upheld in court, they could reshape U.S. environmental policy for years to come, environmental lawyers and activists said.

Other federal water and environmental policy news:

• The Christian Science Monitor: EPA’s new clean-water rules: What a rancher, builder, and scientist say
• NBC News: With the world at COP30, Trump administration rolls back environmental rules
• The Conversation: Blog: From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers