The Supreme Court came close to rolling back one of the country's fundamental environmental laws Monday. Its fractured decision, while likely to preserve vigorous federal enforcement of the Clean Water Act, could lead to new regulatory battles, increased litigation by property owners and a push for new legislation. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tuesday)
History is largely a long train of abuses of land owners.
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