Clash about Tennessee wetlands ends with ‘summer study’
A bill that would have allowed more development on certain types of Tennessee wetlands stalled Wednesday, March 6.
Topic: wetlands
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March 2024
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February 2024
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Lawmakers consider wetlands compromise ‘too important not to get right’
Half of the state’s wetlands — often described as “earth’s kidneys — could be deregulated under a new proposal, but lawmakers are looking at a compromise that would take wetlands’ size and quality into account.
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Half of Tennessee wetlands could lose protection under a proposed bill
Rep. Kevin Vaughan, R-Collierville, has proposed a new wetlands bill that he says is more equitable to landowners.
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January 2023
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Supreme Court ruling could roll back wetlands protections
What’s at stake in the case is the federal jurisdiction over the nation’s most valuable natural resource: water.
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