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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Justice Alito has displayed similar cynicism about water protection.

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The Supreme Court Ruled Against Wetlands in 2023. We Can Still Save Them.

Union of Concerned Scientists

2023 was a rough year for clean water. The Supreme Court took a hammer to the Clean Water Act with its decision in Sackett v. The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The bill includes the Senate’s drinking water infrastructure reauthorization bill ( S. The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of Clean Water Act protections.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

In 2019, the Trump administration rolled back standards put in place under the Obama administration following the 2010 BP oil catastrophe that killed 11 people and spewed oil for five months. John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act ( S. 1816 & H.R.

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