What a pending Supreme Court ruling could mean for Biden’s new clean water protections

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By Max GrahamMay 1, 2023, 10:45 am84 pts
Before a bipartisan Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, cities pumped raw sewage into lakes, mining companies discharged acid waste into streams, and factories poured chemicals into rivers, which occasionally caught on fire. The Clean Water Act made such pollution illegal and expanded the federal…

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