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The Supreme Court is crippling environmental protections. Where is Congress?

Will lawmakers allow what one justice called the court’s “appointment of itself as the national decision maker on environmental policy”?

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Albert C. Lin: The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands, leaving many of these valuable ecosystems at risk

In Sackett v. EPA, a suit filed by two homeowners who filled in wetlands on their property, the Supreme Court has drastically narrowed the definition of which wetlands qualify for federal protection.

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I paddle Boston’s Mystic River as Sackett v. EPA threatens to roll back critical protections

Fifty Years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, the future of America’s waterways hangs in the balance.

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The Supreme Court is crippling environmental protections. Where is Congress?

Albert C. Lin: The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands, leaving many of these valuable ecosystems at risk

A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news if you care about clean water

I paddle Boston’s Mystic River as Sackett v. EPA threatens to roll back critical protections

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