Supreme Court takes aim at wetlands At the end of May, the Supreme Court took a major bite out of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to protect wetlands under the Clean Water Act. In June 2022, West Virginia v. EPA was another long-simmering case on the EPA’s ability to regulate power plants for greenhouse gas emissions. Also, in June 2022, a federal district court scored a win for environmental advocates by knocking down Trump administration rules limiting Endangered Species Act enforcement. SCOTUS anti-regulatory turn Justice Elena Kagan has been a consistent voice of futile outrage over the Court’s anti-regulatory turn. In his single term, Trump made 54 appeals court and 174 federal court picks, effectively tying up much of the federal courts system before reaching the Supreme Court.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2023 09:43 UTC