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Obama admin asserts dominion over creeks, streams, wetlands, ditches — even big puddles

Obama admin asserts dominion over creeks, streams, wetlands, ditches — even big puddles By Joseph Curl President Obama’s administration on Wednesday claimed dominion over all of America’s streams, creeks, rills, ditches, brooks, rivulets, burns, tributaries, criks, wetlands — perhaps even puddles — in a sweeping move to assert unilateral federal authority. The Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, says it has the authority to control all waterways within the United States — and will exercise that authority. “We’re finalizing a clean water rule to protect the streams and the wetlands that one in three Americans rely… View Article