Supreme Court restricts USEPA's ability to protect wetlands

The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to police water pollution, ruling that the Clean Water Act does not allow the agency to regulate discharges into some wetlands near bodies of water.

The court held that law covers only wetlands “with a continuous surface connection” to those waters, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote for five justices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/us/supreme-court-epa-water-pollution.html