Supreme Court sharply limits federal government's ability to police pollution into certain wetlands

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Michael S. Regan, credited the Clean Water Act with leading to "transformational progress" in cleaning up the nation's waterways.
49% : The court jettisoned the 17-year-old opinion by their former colleague, Anthony Kennedy, allowing regulation of what can be discharged into wetlands that could affect the health of the larger waterways.
48% : FILE - 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. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
46% : The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply limited the federal government's authority to police water pollution into certain wetlands, the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority narrowed the reach of environmental regulations.

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