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High court affirms federal wetlands protection

By Gina Holland
Associated Press — June 19, 2006

Monday, June 19, 2006

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government can block development on hundreds of millions of acres of wetlands, even on land miles away from waterways, as long as regulators prove a significant connection to the waterways. Chief Justice John Roberts, in his first major environmental case, came up one vote short of dramatically limiting the scope of the landmark Clean Water Act. At the same time, property rights advocates won a new test for when wetlands can be regula ...

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