What the Supreme Court's ruling means for the future of wetlands

May 26, 2023 View Original Article
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    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    6% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"The case, Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, centered on an Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, who tried to build a house on property they purchased in 2005."
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2% Conservative
"On Thursday, the Supreme Court tightened the federal government's ability to police water pollution, ruling that the Clean Water Act does not allow the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate discharges into some wetlands near bodies of water."
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-14% Liberal
"The implications are far reaching: it's estimated that more than half of the nation's wetlands don't meet the Court's criteria, meaning developers, oil companies, farmers, etc. can contaminate clean water on uncoected wetlands without permits and would not be required to restore said wetlands if damaged."
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-14% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The case, Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, centered on an Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, who tried to build a house on property they purchased in 2005.
43% : On Thursday, the Supreme Court tightened the federal government's ability to police water pollution, ruling that the Clean Water Act does not allow the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate discharges into some wetlands near bodies of water.
43% : The implications are far reaching: it's estimated that more than half of the nation's wetlands don't meet the Court's criteria, meaning developers, oil companies, farmers, etc. can contaminate clean water on unconnected wetlands without permits and would not be required to restore said wetlands if damaged.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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