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#SCOTUS Deals Blow to #EPA in Dispute Over #FederalWater Rules
The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency & could have sweeping implications for curtailing #water #pollution offshore.
#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #ClimateCrisis #Climate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/supreme-court-epa-water.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D7706629-EE5C-4C00-9564-BB5EB3C09DF3
#SCOTUS sided w/ #SanFrancisco on Tues in a challenge to #water quality #regulations issued by the #EPA in a ruling that could have sweeping implications for the agency’s ability to limit offshore #pollution.
The 5-to-4 decision dealt another blow to the agency, which has recently sustained several losses before the court over its efforts to protect the #environment.
The case was notable because it created unusual alliances. Liberal #SanFrancisco found itself on the same side as #mining & #petroleum trade groups like the National Mining Assn, American Farm Bureau Federation, & American #Fuel & #Petrochemical Manufacturers in opposing the #EPA.
The dispute fundamentally focused on human waste & how #SanFrancisco disposes of it. The question before the court was whether the #CleanWaterAct of 1972 allowed the #EPA to impose prohibitions on #wastewater released into the #PacificOcean & to penalize the city for violating them.
@Nonilex
I'll take issue with "liberal San Francisco". As a resident, I see a city far more focused on preserving a coastal elite status quo. That includes pro choice and LGBQT+ rights, and otherwise nice words not really met by the actions required to make the nice words a reality.
(and yes, I fit the coastal elite demographic)
@Nonilex Take this bill to Congress - It shall be a criminal act to introduce any toxic substance of any kind into the environment where anything else might encounter it. All waste is permanently the responsibility and property of the entity who produced it until such time as it is rendered entirely inert.
Take that up loudly and publicly, force all challengers to explain why poisoning our environment is a good idea.
@Nonilex Addendum - every discharge must be proven in advance to be inert and non-toxic. If there's any question left, it's illegal to dump.
@Nonilex don't go into the water