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Despite widespread opposition among tribes to these changes, the EPA has moved forward with a proposal to revise the Clean Water Act, limiting the power tribes and states have over water quality. “Experts say the move would dissolve one of the few tools tribes have to enforce treaty rights and hamper their ability to protect tribal citizens.”
“‘It gets at their ability to put conditions on or, in extreme cases, block projects that are either proposed by the federal government or under the jurisdiction of the federal government,’ said Miles Johnson, legal director at Columbia Riverkeeper, an organization that works on issues affecting the Columbia River.”
Posted: January 31, 2026