Clean Water Act-Supreme Court Weighs its Future, RiverRally2009

Supreme court Justices Roberts and Alito have "expressed reservations about the scope of federal authority under the Commerce Clause, the principal source of congressional power to protect the environment." Decisions that have dramatic impact on the ability of the federal and state governments to protect wetlands, water quality and fisheries under the CWA are discussed by Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School. Swank, Rapanos & Carabell -deal with the scope of geographic jurisdiction over tributaries and adjacent wetlands, SDWarren- deals with the authority of the states to require federally licensed hydroelectric dams to comply with state water quality standards during relicensing" are included---- coments from the 1 1/2 hour workshop are included in this clip. The workshop June 1 Baltimore "Supreme Court Weighs Future of the Clean Water Act"

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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

~John Muir

And so it is with our Nation's waters. It is incomprehensibly complex, and important. Thus it is the responsibility of every American to understand and respect the importance of clean water.