'Sigh of relief' as Supreme Court gives EPA another temporary win
2 months, 1 week ago

'Sigh of relief' as Supreme Court gives EPA another temporary win

Raw Story  

The climate movement on Wednesday welcomed a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, the third temporary win for the Biden administration's environmental policies this month. "Given its rulings in recent years undercutting environmental protections, the refusal of the majority on the Supreme Court to block this vital rule is a victory for common sense. The Supreme Court's decision rejected the big polluter arguments against slashing carbon pollution and paved the way for less climate pollution in the future," Alt added. Climate Justice Alliance interim executive director KD Chavez said Wednesday that while the group applauds the path the latest Supreme Court decision "charts for what can be construed as a coal phaseout, this rule is still riddled with loopholes that give a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry to continue operations and experiment on frontline communities by exposing them to the dangers and health effects of unproven technologies such as carbon capture and storage."

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Supreme Court screw-up shackles the EPA on climate change
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court screw-up shackles the EPA on climate change

Raw Story  

The main thing I remember about that day at the U.S. Supreme Court was how cold it felt. Instead, Trump’s EPA came up with a new plan that would not hurt the industry Trump himself often described as “clean, beautiful coal.” I prefer to think of it as the “black-lung-for-everyone” plan. “Today, the court strips the EPA of the power …

Court leaves dwindling paths for Biden’s climate mission
2 years, 5 months ago

Court leaves dwindling paths for Biden’s climate mission

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — More than 500 days into his presidency, Joe Biden’s hope for saving the Earth from the most devastating effects of climate change may not quite be dead. A Supreme Court ruling Thursday not only limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate climate pollution by power plants but also suggests the court is poised to block other efforts …

Supreme Court Conservatives Poised To Halt Biden Administration’s Climate Regulations
2 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Conservatives Poised To Halt Biden Administration’s Climate Regulations

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LOADING ERROR LOADING On the same day a United Nations report found that the impacts of climate change will be even worse than we previously thought, the Supreme Court heard arguments that could significantly tie the hands of the Biden administration from doing anything about it. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that the major questions doctrine should not only not …

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