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EPA Chief Hopes a Change to What’s Protected Under the Clean Water Act Can Win Over Farmers

The Trump administration wants to rewrite the definition for what counts as protected ‘waters of the United States.’ The rule has caused frustration among farmers, but environmental attorneys worry a change could lead to more pollution. On National Agriculture Day in March, newly-appointed Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin laid out a lofty goal during a visit to a farm outside of St. Louis. “I would love to see, ‘I love EPA, I love Trump EPA,’ t-shirts on everybody,” Zeldin joked.