The rules would require developers to secure a permit from the Corps for all projects affecting a half-acre of wetlands or more, down from the current minimum of three acres.
Every day, companies are given permission to pollute water and air, to fill wetlands, to cut down forests for profit-driven development, and more.
The Yellow River water reduction pulled down wetland flooded area and frequency, forming the wetland degradation.
Every 2.7 miles of wetlands knocks down storm surges by a foot.
The reasons are a lack of land except for marginal parcels with slopes and wetlands, and tear-down-and-rebuild projects that challenge planning and zoning concepts.
Try heading out to an estuary, or wetland, and write down what you see and when.
In addition, she argued, dozens of trees in the wooded plot, which includes some wetlands, would be cut down, raising the risk of floods during heavy rains.
New Jersey's Congressional delegation spends most of its bill-writing time proposing legislation with important local and national significance -- protecting wetlands, improving education, cracking down on crime and the like.
I must take issue with the narrowness of the reporting on Jello Biafra's appearance at Wetlands ("The Lollapaleftist Tour Touches Down on Hudson Street," April 2).
CO2 pollution (76% of all greenhouse gas pollution) comes from burning fossil fuels (in buildings, cars, industry, and most of all in our industrial food system), cutting down forests, draining wetlands, and destroying the soil and ocean's natural capacities to sequester billions of tons of excess greenhouse gases.
