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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
All civic learning topics for this day
Today's Topics
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Transportation Secretary's Infrastructure Plan Favors Private Investors
Public PolicyEconomy
Sean Duffy's highway and bridge proposals prioritize private toll roads over public transportation infrastructure.
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EPA Narrows Clean Water Act Waters of the U.S. Definition
Environmental PolicyRegulatory Policy& 1 more
EPA's new rule on March 11, 2025, excludes many wetlands and intermittent streams from federal Clean Water Act protection. Developers celebrate while ecologists raise alarms as states file immediate lawsuits challenging the rollback.
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EPA Rollbacks vs. State Power: The Climate Law Battle of 2025
EnvironmentConstitutional Law
When the Trump EPA announced rollbacks of over 30 environmental rules in March 2025, four states immediately sued the federal government. This clash shows how environmental policy becomes a constitutional battle between federal authority and state rights, affecting everything from your local air quality to climate funding.
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