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EPA says Tucson’s drinking water is contaminated but air force claims agency lacks authority to order cleanup

The US air force is refusing to comply with an order to clean drinking water it polluted in Tucson, Arizona, claiming federal regulators lack authority after the conservative-dominated US supreme court overturned the “Chevron doctrine”. Air force bases contaminated the water with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” and other dangerous compounds.

Though former US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials and legal experts who reviewed the air force’s claim say the Chevron doctrine ruling probably would not apply to the order, the military’s claim that it would represents an early indication of how polluters will wield the controversial court decision to evade responsibility.

It appears the air force is essentially attempting to expand the scope of the court’s ruling to thwart regulatory orders not covered by the decision, said Deborah Ann Sivas, director of the Stanford University Environmental Law Clinic.

“It’s very odd,” she added. “It feels almost like an intimidation tactic, but it will be interesting to see if others take this approach and it bleeds over.”

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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

We have a nation of people who voted for the people who selected the extreme far right conservatives into the court.

Voters deserve much of the blame too.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 14 points 3 months ago

id argue non-voters are equally to blame, and a larger block

[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What are you talking about? Congress did pass a law to address this: it's called the Clean Water Act. The issue is that an illegitimate SCOTUS packed by traitors basically invalidated it.

[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The CWA as of 1987 is plenty clear under any reasonable standard. The relevant problem here is that SCOTUS has ordained an unreasonable standard. Yes, Democratic control of both houses of Congress could "fix" that issue, but the point is it shouldn't need to because the EPA should be allowed to do its job (which, contrary to the illegitimate tyrannical stooges' diseased opinions, does include interpreting the law!).

[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Erm, all Americans who could vote share the blame but Mitch McConnel gets a big heaping serving of it.