Supreme Court Upholds EPA Pollution Rule

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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on water pollution

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The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling on Tuesday that strikes down some EPA regulations.

The case was brought by the city of San Francisco after the EPA told it to stop discharging so much human sewage into the Pacific Ocean back in 2019 .

The city was facing about $313 million in fines and $10.6 billion in upgrades to its treatment facilities to comply with EPA standards.

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