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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday December 08, 2024 ( 2 items )  

UCS Analysis Finds Sackett Decision Puts 30 Million Acres of Wetlands at Risk
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Wetland Loss Could Cost Upper Midwest $22 Billion Annually in Flood Damage * * * Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court stripped protections from wetlands in its Sackett v. EPA ruling, putting almost all nontidal wetlands at risk. New research from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found the decision puts 30 million acres of wetlands in the Upper Midwest (I  more

UCS Analysis Finds Sackett Decision Puts Nearly Two Million Acres of South Dakota Wetlands at Risk
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Wetland Loss Could Cost South Dakota $1.4 Billion Annually in Flood Damage * * * Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court stripped protections from wetlands in its Sackett v. EPA ruling, putting almost all nontidal wetlands at risk. New research from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found the decision puts 1.87 million acres of wetlands in South Dakota at ri  more