Supreme Court's EPA Ruling and Clean Water Act Gutted by Conservative Justices.

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Supreme Court's EPA Ruling and Clean Water Act Gutted by Conservative Justices.
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The Supreme Court issued a ruling limiting the EPA's ability to regulate wetlands and address water pollution, with all but one conservative justice, Brett Kavanaugh, signing off on it. Kavanaugh warned that the majority's ruling could jeopardize water quality and flood control in the US, and that it ignored precedent. The ruling could remove protections for nearly half of all wetlands in the US, according to some environmental groups and experts.

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