States May Be Warming to Green Amendments

March 12, 2024 by Editor in National, News

States May Be Warming to Green Amendments

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The security of our water is under attack—the Supreme Court just issued a ruling that weakens protections under the Clean Water Ac, allowing more sewage to be dumped into waterbodies:"Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the EPA does not have the authority to make cities and other polluters comply with what he called “end result” permits — or permits that allow a certain amount of pollution discharge, with limits — but rather that the EPA itself should be responsible for maintaining the standards."He argued that the EPA is “armed with amdple tools” to enforce such standards — at a time when Donald Trump and Elon Musk are slashing the EPA’s operations and after the Supreme Court dramatically weakened federal agencies’ ability to interpret and enforce laws."truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-weakens-epa-ability-to-limit-discharge-of-raw-sewage-into-water/#CleanWaterAct #SupremeCourt #NPDES ... See MoreSee Less

Supreme Court Weakens EPA Ability to Limit Discharge of Raw Sewage Into Water

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San Francisco’s case against the EPA’s sewage regulations was supported by conservative and mining groups.

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