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<div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h1 class="widgetheadline h1" style="font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 22px;"><a class="widgetheadline-text custom-post-headline" href="https://www.ecowatch.com/wotus-rule-clean-water-lawsuit-2596664636.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); outline: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; font-size: 25px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 31px;">Victory for Clean Water: Court Reinstates Obama WOTUS Rule for 26 States</a></h1><div class="body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body js-update-url" data-elid="2596664636" data-authors="Lorraine Chow" data-headline="Victory for Clean Water: Court Reinstates Obama WOTUS Rule for 26 States" style="margin: 10px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="body-description" style=""><div class="widget__brief" style=""><p style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px 0px;">A federal judge invalidated the <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 149, 70); outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Trump</a> administration's <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/clean-water-act-trump-2530542879.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 149, 70); outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">suspension</a> of the <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/clean-water-act" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 149, 70); outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Clean Water Rule</a>, effectively reinstating the Obama-era regulation in 26 states.</p><p style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px 0px;">The 2015 rule, also known as Waters of the United States (WOTUS) defines which <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/water" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 149, 70); outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">waters</a> can be protected from pollution and destruction under the Clean Water Act. It protects large water bodies such as lakes and <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/rivers" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 149, 70); outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">rivers</a>, as well as small streams and wetlands.</p><p style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px 0px;">....</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Helvetica">https://www.ecowatch.com/wotus-rule-clean-water-lawsuit-2596664636.html</font></p></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div>