{"id":259208,"date":"2023-05-26T16:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259208"},"modified":"2023-05-26T16:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:34:53","slug":"scotus-kills-wotus-enormous-setback-for-obama-era-epa-power-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259208","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS KILLS WOTUS: Enormous Setback for Obama Era EPA Power Grab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enormous setback for the fanatics at the EPA who would regulate ever puddle or ditch they could find.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of hours ago the following headline went out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supreme Court rules against EPA in environmental case, limiting agency\u2019s power over water<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the REEES are being heard the headline of the story has been changed to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Significant repercussions.\u2019 Supreme Court limits government power to curb water pollution<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From USA Today via MSN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WASHINGTON \u2013 The Supreme Court<\/a> on Thursday sided with a couple who have been battling the Environmental Protection Agency <\/a>for more than a decade over a plan to develop a property in the Idaho panhandle, a decision with potentially sweeping national ramifications for water quality, agriculture and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case, which was centered on the scope of the 1972 Clean Water Act, was arguably the most important environmental decision the Supreme Court has handed down since a majority last year invalidated an EPA effort to regulate power plant emissions<\/a>. The plaintiffs asked the court to provide a clearer definition for what the law meant when it gave the agency power to regulate the \u201cwaters of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservative justices, the court limited the scope of the EPA\u2019s ability to control wetland pollution. <\/strong>https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/supreme-court-rules-against-epa-in-environmental-case-limiting-agency-s-power-over-water\/ar-AA1bGgxA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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