Clean Water Advocates Defend Clean Water Act in SCOTUS Brief

The Waterkeeper Alliance, San Francisco Baykeeper, Bayou City Waterkeeper, and 47 additional Waterkeeper groups from across the country have filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court today to defend the Clean Water Act (CWA) from efforts to substantially narrow the definition of federally protected waters. An amicus brief is a letter offering insight to a legal case, written by organizations that are not directly part of the case. Specifically, the advocates are arguing in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the case Sackett v. EPA, and asking the Supreme Court to uphold the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling about the scope of wetlands protected under the landmark environmental law.