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Supreme Court cuts EPA's Clean Water Act protection for wetlands

Por: ABC News Politics May 26, 2023

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A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday significantly rolled back federal safeguards for wetlands under the , siding with Idaho property owners in a decision that curbs Environmental Protection Agency power.The case, Sackett v. EPA, pitted Michael and Chantell Sackett against EPA regulators over a bid to build a family home adjacent to Priest Lake in northern Idaho.The government said their land qualifies as a protected wetland, requiring an... + full article



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