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When a Retired Scientist Suggested Virginia Weaken Wetlands Protections, the State Said, No Way
A little over a year after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the range of wetlands the federal government can protect, a Virginia board turned down a petition that would have similarly limited local officials from regulating certain wetlands within the …