Environmental Integrity Project
We provide legal and technical know-how to help average people exercise their right to live in a healthy environment. Our enforcement actions get real results and improve public health. Our team also extracts, analyzes, and posts data from dense government files to make it available (and understandable) to the public. We are proud of our efforts to ensure the data on which environmental rules depend is accurate and easily available to citizens, with straightforward explanations.
06/11/2026
In 2023, the Supreme Court stripped protections from millions of acres of wetlands. Now, a new study finds that wetland destruction in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the last 40 years, and that the value of flood-mitigation from unprotected wetlands is estimated to be $177 billion.
Researchers used flood insurance claims data to calculate the dollar value of wetlands in reducing river flooding, while also considering rainfall and land use changes, like parking lots. They believe that since the Supreme Court removed Clean Water Act protections for many wetlands, quantifying flood control benefits of wetlands is more crucial than ever.
Wetlands are vital natural defenses that reduce flooding, protect communities, and save billions in damages. We must prioritize conserving and restoring wetlands to safeguard people, ecosystems, and our future.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062026/wetlands-destruction-will-worsen-flooding/
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