Action by the EPA this year has undone protections for wetlands and streams in the United States,
according to a new report from environmental economists. Photo: Graphic Stock
The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by environmental economists from leading research institutions across the United States.
Bonnie Keeler, an assistant professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, is one of the authors. She and her co-authors were supported by the External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (E-EEAC), an independent organization providing economic advice to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The E-EEAC was established after the EPA dissolved its own Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) in 2018.