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The world’s wetlands pack quite the climate punch. Not only can they store vast amounts of carbon in their saturated soils, they also release it as methane. 
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Subjecting an additional 3 percent of U.S. waters and wetlands to Clean Water Act regulation would yield nearly twice as much in benefits as it would cost affected industries, according to a cost-benefit analysis of a draft rule obtained by Bloomberg BNA.
A joint analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows that the benefits of implementing the draft rule asserting Clean Water Act jurisdiction over the nation's waters and wetlands would range from $300.7 million to $397.6 million annually, while the costs would be between $133.7 million and $200 million. Via SustainOurEarth
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A new plan to restore the 566-acre Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve has divided environmentalists who are at odds over bringing heavy machinery into the area.
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