Supreme Court Empowers Pollution Boards on Damages

The Supreme Court has decided that pollution control boards can make companies pay for harming the environment.

They can charge money for damage that has already happened or ask for a bank guarantee to cover possible future damage.

This changes an older ruling that limited what the boards could do.

The court wants the boards to protect the environment by making sure that polluters fix any problems.

The ruling also says these actions are meant to fix the environment, not punish the polluters.