What a victory for our planet! The Clean Water Act was recently gutted, under the new guidelines, groundwater, ditches, intermittent streams and isolated wetlands lost all Clean Water Act protections. Also under the new guidelines isolated wetlands could be filled and developed without a permit. Thanks to our friends at Earthjustice, a ruling by the Supreme Court left the Clean Water Act intact and we are back on business protecting wetlands and stopping pollution.
Like our friend and volunteer Kim put it "Happy Earth Day indeed!
APRIL 23, 2020
Victory: Court decision leaves in place vital protections for the nation’s oceans, rivers, lakes
Washington, D.C. —
Today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in County of Maui v. Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund siding with clean water advocates that point source discharges to navigable waters through groundwater are regulated under the Clean Water Act.
The following is a statement from David Henkin, Earthjustice attorney who argued the case defending clean water:
“This decision is a huge victory for clean water. The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to blow a big hole in the Clean Water Act’s protections for rivers, lakes, and oceans.
