WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it is going forward with a new federal rule to protect small streams, tributaries and wetlands, despite a court ruling that blocked the measure in 13 central and Western states. The EPA says a rule that took effect Friday in 37 states will safeguard drinking water for millions of Americans. Opponents, including farm and business groups, have pledged to fight the rule, emboldened by a federal court decision Thursday that blocked the rule from Alaska to Arkansas. Other lawsuits seeking to block the rule are pending across the country, and the Republican-controlled Congress has moved to thwart it. Opponents call the rule federal overreach.Read more on NewsOK.com
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