The EPA finalizes a water-protection rule that repeals Trump-era changes
![A great egret flies above a great blue heron in a wetland inside the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton, Mich., on Oct. 7. The Biden administration has announced a finalized rule for federal protection of hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/12/30/ap22363636620060_wide-40e7214c3c69fffbe98e46e6b18a06d46752c87c.jpg?s=600)
The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
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