Video of Sackett v. EPA conference now on YouTube
Here is the newly published, accessible, YouTube link of the “Sackett v EPA: What the Supreme Court's Decision Means for Regulation and Wetlands Conservation” conference that Sam Kalen & I put together on Nov. 10.
Although it received less press coverage than 2022’s West Virginia v. EPA, Sackett made more radical changes to federal environmental law and public regulation. The 2023 Sackett decision dramatically shrank the coverage of the Clean Water Act, imperiling Congress’ statutory objective of restoring and maintaining the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters. Discharges of pollutants into vast acreages of wetlands and tributary waters that formerly required permits may now occur without any public scrutiny, pollution controls, or mitigation as a result of Sackett. States may fill the regulatory void, but many will not.
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