Helpful article, this addressed only federal authority under the Clean Water Act, leaving state, tribal, and local governments free to regulate waters within their jurisdictions.
This is where local elections have HUGE implications. Stay engaged!
Theoretically municipalities can sue each other in civil courts to stop actions of a neighbor? But it certainly would be easier if there were federal rules getting out ahead of the problem.
Ah yes. So when Koch industries pollutes the entire Mississippi river. A series of broke states get to try and fight one of the largest multinationals on the planet. I hope Thomas got a new camper as his bribe.
Make America Polluted Again. These fuckers won't be satisfied until the planet is an incinerated dust ball with the only green spaces being gated golf courses for the ultra wealthy.
Not only will these psychopaths murder us by destroying the social and medical safety nets, they will poison us with raw sewage!
What will rid us of these evildoers? And when?
Try capitalism. democrats sold Americans out to corporations long ago and take up the slot of opposition party while not actually opposing much of anything.
Democrats didn't put these shitheads on the bench. Democrats aren't Leo Leonard & Harlan Crow. Democrats didn't put a convict in the White House. Democrats aren't the party of billionaires pushing bigotry & other bullshit through.
The GOP, an actual named organization & not just an idea, did this.
Democrats are spineless capitalists with their own billionaires that enjoy the facade of being good people "we're not Republicans!" while operating under and perpetuating the same exploitative system that has had the American worker(and workers worldwide!) under the thumb of capitalism/imperialism
Democrats set the stage though. Refusing to prosecute and imprison trump for actively attempting to overthrow an election was a choice they made and one of the dumbest fucking things they've ever done... and that includes running as GOP Lite
Democracy needs 2 functioning parties..the republican party is not a functioning party for the people atyhis present time..dont blame democrats for your cultlike trump suckers..
The idea that the Republican Party, which is backed by the wealthiest people in the world and is plugged into a global network of oligarchs, exists only at the pleasure of the Democratic Party is a sign of a truly remarkable brain.
Democrats didn’t stop Republicans from putting these shitheads on the bench. Democrats are not in opposition, they are not “the left”. Democrats are on the right and are just as evil.
Blaming the Reps specifically and not mentioning capitalism nor the culpability of the Dems will lead you to the same place we are at now. We have to use the words that describe the issues specifically. The issue is people over profit and a system that perpetuates that. No Democrat is stopping this
Not even the Democrats who passed the clean the water act in the first place?
The issue is that workers care about making money. And I care more about making money than they do about their fellow man. And the working class only cares about money. And you continue to side with them
how dare Democrats actually try to make this country better? Why bother? Why bothering improving? They will always be what they started. It’s original sin.
Everyrhing. Imperialism, facism, capitalism & patriarchy to name a few. The wealthy people here stole this country & committed genocide on the indigenous people. They made their money enslaving, breeding & selling other people. They used propaganda to normalize slavery & maintained systemic racism.
I keep seeing different numbers, some say just above 30% others have said 40.
And then there's also the people who voted for the douche believing he would help the economy or fell for his other campaign bullshit such as with tariffs and how they would work.
Number one I think that decision is insane.
Number 2 ( so to speak) who the hell brought this suit to court saying they would like to dump raw sewage in the drinking water ?????
More lefty lies to scare you.
The SCOTUS ruled the EPA can't use ‘generic’ discharge limits to permit holders, but must use source-specific ones.
The cleanliness of water varies by state. California’s water is vastly different than Vermont’s.
The pro-corporate and anti-people SCOTUS strikes again.
If the Clean Water Act was enforced we wouldn't be buying bottled water or filtering our sink water.
We will basically now be showering in more shit than clean water.
The bottled water companies must be creaming themselves.
The supreme court laid the groundwork for this dystopian carnage! They are the culprits and should be held accountable! The 6 maga justices are traitors to our country and constitution!
No it didn’t. You don’t link the text of the ruling, you don’t even give the name of the case. The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA could not hold San Francisco responsible for overall water quality without specifying how to do so.
We went from “doing pretty bad” under Biden, to “our drinking water is filled with piss and shit, the price of everything shot up like 800% over night, and planes keep falling out of the sky like god is personally mad at Trump or something.”
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5174983-supreme-court-epa-rules-san-francisco-clean-water/
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: https://www.americancityandcounty.com/public-administration-governance/water-quality-protections-now-depend-on-state-and-local-governments-and-voters
It's what they do.
Every. Fucking. Time.
What will rid us of these evildoers? And when?
The GOP, an actual named organization & not just an idea, did this.
The issue is that workers care about making money. And I care more about making money than they do about their fellow man. And the working class only cares about money. And you continue to side with them
Fucking Democrats and literally getting any healthcare though and passing the clean water act in the first place.
And then there's also the people who voted for the douche believing he would help the economy or fell for his other campaign bullshit such as with tariffs and how they would work.
https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2025-03-04/rural-drinking-water-at-risk-under-controversial-kentucky-bill
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/03/03/dysentery-portland-oregon/81175188007/
https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/supreme-court-epa-clean-water-act-statement/
Number 2 ( so to speak) who the hell brought this suit to court saying they would like to dump raw sewage in the drinking water ?????
The SCOTUS ruled the EPA can't use ‘generic’ discharge limits to permit holders, but must use source-specific ones.
The cleanliness of water varies by state. California’s water is vastly different than Vermont’s.
If the Clean Water Act was enforced we wouldn't be buying bottled water or filtering our sink water.
We will basically now be showering in more shit than clean water.
The bottled water companies must be creaming themselves.