EPA considers further narrowing Clean Water Act protections

Trump EPA Takes 'Yet Another Sledgehammer' to Clean Water Act

The Trump administration sparks fury with a new proposal to strip Clean Water Act protections.

LCV Statement on Latest Trump Attacks on Clean Water

In response to the Trump administration’s Supplemental Proposal to dramatically weaken Clean Water Act protections, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Healthy Communities Program Director Madeleine Foote:

EPA considers further narrowing Clean Water Act protections

The Trump administration proposed further narrowing protections under the Clean Water Act through a new supplemental rule from the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers.

Trump EPA takes ‘yet another sledgehammer’ to Clean Water Act

“This proposal declares open season on the nation’s waterways,” one critic charged.Jessica CorbettSep 04, 2026  President Donald Trump’s administration sparked fresh fury on Friday when it proposed a supplemental rule to further gut Clean Water Act protections for streams and wetlands in the wake of a “catastrophic” US Supreme Court ruling three years ago.The supplemental proposal from the Department of the Army and ...