Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! While I was working myself through college, I had a multiple income boss whose endeavors included a small construction company. He felt empowered to cut nearly any corner to boost profits. One day he complained about local regulations that prohibited him from filling in wetlands behind a property he was trying to flip. “What good are they?” he moaned. “Just a buncha mud and water.