Latest Wetlands News
Spain's Andalusia region will expand the Doñana wetlands park. Critics applaud but want more action
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The government of Spain’s southern Andalusia region plans to expand a prized national park that is home to one of Europe’s largest wetlands but is in danger of drying up. Andalusia’s regional president Juan Moreno announced his administration’s plan...
States at the forefront of fights over wetlands protections after justices slash federal rules
A month after the U.S. Supreme Court severely restricted the federal government's power to oversee wetlands, the Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature handed state agencies an order: Don't give the ecologically crucial waters any more protection than newly weakened federal rules provide....
After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them. The rule would require that wetlands be more clearly...
A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem restoration in southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish. The...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Post and Courier. July 29, 2023. Editorial: South Carolina needs to get serious about new wetlands protection Two significant recent events should work together to push the issue of protecting South Carolina’s isolated wetlands toward the top of lawmakers’ agendas...
