Sackett v. EPA (Sackett II)
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The Supreme Court's Argument in the Wetland Case
Before passage of the clean water act in 1972 this country's waterways smelled and looked like shit. The kaya hoga river that runs through cleveland and into lake ery Famously became so polluted with industrial waste that it caught on fire on more than one occasion. It is also estimated that the per year rate of wetlands loss from the 1950s to the 1970s was around 450 000 acres a year.
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