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Trump administration's suspension of clean water rule halted by judge
Ruling doesn’t apply yet in Georgia where other legal action awaits
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Rainwater drains into Lake Lanier in May 2017. - photo by Nick Bowman
Environmental groups, including the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, are celebrating a federal judge’s ruling in South Carolina on Thursday that the Trump administration did not properly seek public input when it suspended protections designed to thwart waterway pollution.