Supreme Court curtails EPA's authority on environmental policies.
The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the Environmental Protection Agency's broad definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS), narrowing the federal government's authority regulating bodies of water and effectively upending a Biden administration policy that recently went into effect. The ruling ultimately held that the federal government's WOTUS definition must be restricted to a water source with a "continuous surface connection" to major bodies of water. The decision was cheered by Republican lawmakers and groups representing landowners, while environmental groups criticized the ruling.
