U.S. Supreme Court rolls back wetland pollution protections in blow to EPA
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sharply limited the federal government’s authority to police water pollution into certain, the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority narrowed the reach of environmental regulations.
The court jettisoned the 17-year-old opinion by their former colleague, Anthony Kennedy, allowing regulation of what can be discharged into wetlands that could affect the health of the larger waterways. “It puts our nation’s wetlands – and the rivers, streams, lakes and ponds connected to them – at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers and businesses rely on,” Biden said of the ruling.Reacting to the decision, Manish Bapna, the chief executive of the Natural Resources Defense Council, called on Congress to amend the Clean Water Act to restore wetlands protections and on states to strengthen their own laws.
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