Supreme Court shrinks definition of the Clean Water Act

The Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act

The US Supreme Court Court on Thursday significantly curtailed the power of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the nation's wetlands and waterways.

In a ruling passed down on Thursday, the conservative-dominated court decided that the federal government was wrong to use the Clean Water Act, ...

US Supreme Court Shrinks Federal Authority Under the Clean Water ...

As we previously reported, earlier this year, the EPA announced a final rule defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) that expanded the ...

Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act's reach - Politico

The Supreme Court on Thursday significantly shrank the reach of federal clean water protections, dealing a major blow to President Joe Biden's efforts to ...

Supreme Court curtails Clean Water Act - SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court on Thursday established a more stringent test to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to a wetland.

WOTUS at SCOTUS: Supreme Court Shrinks Clean Water Act ...

The Court clarified that wetlands are covered waters only when they share a “continuous surface connection” to bodies of water that are covered ...

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Clean Water Act Decision ...

The Supreme Court issued a landmark Clean Water Act decision in Sackett v. EPA. The decision narrows significantly the jurisdictional scope ...

SCOTUS SHRINKS WOTUS: Alaska has More Say on its Wetlands

Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act, specifically the definition of Waters of ...

The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands ...

Congress could amend the Clean Water Act to expressly provide that “waters of the United States” includes wetlands that the court has now ...

US Supreme Court deals blow to EPA's reach under Clean Water Act

The United States Supreme Court rolled back the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act, ...

CBF Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Sackett v. EPA

EPA. By significantly narrowing the definition of which wetlands and other waters are protected by the Clean Water Act, the decision could ...

Supreme Court shrinks definition of the Clean Water Act | Local News

The scope of a landmark law to protect America's waterways has been shrunk by the U.S. Supreme Court, which has sided with an Idaho couple ...

The Supreme Court appears determined to shrink the Clean Water Act

A decision removing the act's protections from even some wetlands could have significant implications for the nation's water supply, as that ...

To Conform with Recent Supreme Court Decision, EPA and Army ...

EPA, issued on May 25, 2023, created uncertainty for Clean Water Act implementation. The agencies are issuing this amendment to the 2023 rule ...

UCLA experts: Supreme Court 'bends over backwards to shrink the ...

The EPA had argued that the wetland was protected by the Clean Water Act and that the family needed a federal permit. The decision strips key ...

Stanford's Deborah Sivas on SCOTUS Decision that Limits EPA ...

In the Clean Water Act, Congress understood that degradation or destruction of wetlands may adversely affect hydrologically connected adjacent ...

Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States” - Federal Register

' ” Id. at 132-33 (citations omitted). The Supreme Court has twice more addressed the complex issue of Clean Water Act jurisdiction over “waters ...

Supreme Court shrinks definition of the Clean Water Act

The uncertain meaning of “the waters of the United States” has been a persistent problem, sparking decades of agency action and litigation.

Developers Prepare to Gain Density and Reduced Wetlands ...

In late August 2023, that decision finally came when the EPA published its new Clean Water Act rule. The new law appears to restrict the ...

When the Supreme Court Gutted Clean Water Protections, Local ...

One year ago this week, the Supreme Court weakened the Clean Water Act and removed protections for no less than 118 million acres of ...