President Donald Trump on Jan. 19 announced that the White House has finalized plans to repeal an Obama-era regulation that expanded pollution protections for waterways such as wetlands and shallow streams, but that farmers, miners, and manufacturers have decried as overreach.
Speaking at the annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 19, the president said his administration has planned a major rollback on the scope of waters that must comply with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines.
