The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may only regulate wetlands when they possess "a continuous surface connection" to other large regulated bodies of water. While this may on the surface seem like a mundane decision, experts believe it will have profound implications for environmental protection in America, putting some of its most vulnerable ecosystems at risk. Indeed, by limiting the EPA's authority in its recent decision, the Supreme Court is continuing a pattern of rolling back environmental regulations that could radically alter life on this planet.
"This decision makes plain how ideologically driven and non-judicious the group of justices led by Alito and followed by Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and often (including this time) Roberts clearly are."
