News release: Attorney General Bonta urges Supreme Court to uphold federal protections for wetlands
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multistate coalition in an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of federal protections for wetlands. In Sacketts v. U.S. EPA, the Supreme Court will consider the scope of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act and whether a narrower definition of protected waterways should be adopted. In the brief, the coalition argues that denying wetlands federal protection would undermine the Clean Water Act’s goal of improving water quality and protecting states like California from upstream pollution.