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13 June 2026

• A plan to preserve wetlands without stopping development
  Balancing economic growth and environmental protection is not easy. Consider wetlands, which provide flood protection, aid water quality, and are linchpins of larger ecosystems. How can we best...
• Easily overlooked small wetlands are a big source of global methane
  Waterlogged land areas such as marshes, bogs and fens are the world's largest natural source of methane. Even the smallest of wetlands emit this powerful greenhouse gas. In a study from The University...
• East African Crude Oil Pipeline threatens wetlands, wildlife corridors: Report
  By Victoria Schneider The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which stretches from oil fields in Uganda’s Lake Albert region to Tanzania’s port town of Tanga, is once again under scrutiny after a...
• Wetlands are vanishing faster despite decades of protection
  A satellite study shows U.S. coastal wetlands are disappearing faster despite decades of protection, with storms driving accelerating losses.
• Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse
  A new study calculates the dollar value of wetlands in reducing river flooding. But in Sackett vs. EPA, the high court rolled back protections for nature’s first line of defense.