Supreme Court limits the EPA’s authority under the Clean Water Act

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    Supreme Court limits the EPA’s authority under the Clean Water Act

    Posted by Gatherer  on May 25, 2023 at 5:12 PM

    Enlarge / Wetlands like this may end up a complicated patchwork of regulated and unregulated areas thanks to the latest Supreme Court decision. (credit: Stefano Madrigali)

    On Thursday, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that severely limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate pollution under the Clean Water Act. The ruling applies to wetlands that are connected to bodies of water that fall under the Clean Water Act’s regulatory scheme, with the court now ruling that those connections need to be direct and contiguous for the act to apply. This would remove many wetlands

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