The U.S. Supreme Court at least temporarily revived a Trump-era rule designed to fast-track big energy projects by curtailing states' ability to limit them by using of the Clean Water Act. The 5-4 vote blocked an October ruling that set aside the 2020 rule, while industry groups and eight individual states appeal its validity. The majority gave no reasons for granting the application, which is common when emergency rulings are sought. In her dissenting opinion Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, said the case had not belonged on the emergency docket because no threat of immediate harm had been identified.
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