The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate water pollution, significantly weakening federal restrictions on sewage discharge.
The decision allows cities, including San Francisco, to release more raw sewage into nearby bodies of water, raising concerns about environmental and public health impacts. The ruling marks another setback for the EPA, continuing a trend of judicial decisions that curtail federal regulatory power. Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court’s liberal justices in dissent, arguing that the decision undermines clean water protections.
Environmental advocates warn that the ruling could lead to increased pollution in rivers and oceans across the country.
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The Supreme Court Says You Should Drink More Shit-Water
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling on Tuesday that strikes down some rule that allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to limit the amount of pollution discharged into America’s waterways. The ruling was 5-4, with Amy Coney Barrett joining the court’s more liberal justices in dissenting.
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Supreme Court Rules the Clean Water Act Doesn’t Actually Require That Water Be Clean
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court substantially weakened federal limitations on raw sewage discharge into nearby bodies of water. Its 5–4 decision will, in practice, free cities to dump substantially more sewage into rivers,
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