The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to police water pollution in a decision that strips protections from wetlands that are isolated from larger bodies of water.
Mark Sherman and Jessica GreskoThank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Bethsaida Sigaran, left, of Baltimore, her brother Jaime Sigaran, with American Rivers, and Thea Louis, with Clean Water Action, join supporters of the Clean Water Act as they demonstrate outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Washington, as the court begins arguments in Sackett v.
Reacting to the decision, Manish Bapna, the chief executive of the Natural Resources Defense Counsel, called on Congress to amend the Clean Water Act to restore wetlands protections and on states to strengthen their own laws. In Thursday’s ruling, all nine justices agreed that the wetlands on the Sacketts’ property are not covered by the act.
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