US Supreme Court decision removes majority of wetland protections in the country

Last week, the Biden administration weakened environmental protections for millions of acres of wetland across the country.

This comes after the Supreme Court’s May decision in Sackett v. EPA.

In the case, private landowners wanted to fill in wetlands.

Under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered them to stop and charged them with large fines.

The Supreme Court ruled that wetlands needed to be clearly connected to other federally recognized bodies of waters to count as falling under national protection with the Clean Water Act.

Sackett v. EPA is a huge case.

For over 40 years, under eight presidential administrations, the Clean Water Act has served as the federal government’s main tool in managing water pollution.

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