The court is also weighing whether to overturn its 40-year-old Chevron decision, which has been the basis for upholding a wide range of regulations on public health, workplace safety and consumer protections. A look at the good neighbor rule and the implications of the court decision. What i...
Unanimous Supreme Court Decision: EPA Administrative Compliance Orders Are Subject to Pre-Enforcement ReviewBob Greenslade
States and industry groups had asked the Supreme Court to pause the EPA's rule that aims to curb emissions of methane from new and existing oil and gas facilities.
This summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting how theEnvironmental Protection Agencyregulates power plants could have far-reaching implications for other regulations, not only from the EPA but also from other agencies. 播放(k) In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA t...
SUPREME COURT DEALS BIDEN CLIMATE AGENDA SERIOUS BLOW WITH EPA DECISION The decision has more far-reaching implications than sending the EPA back to the drawing board, however. As the Court said, "this is a major questions case." What that means is thatmajor questions of public policycan’t...
In a string of recent decisions, the Supreme Court has curtailed efforts by the EPA to keep the nation's air and water clean. In June, the high courtblocked the agency'sso-called "good neighbor" plan, which aims to curb air pollution and address harmful smog. ...
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition to review a case in which liable parties at a California Superfund site sought the court’s backing, with the petitioners citing the justices’ recent analysis in a decision involving a cleanup in Guam.
Notably, the decision did leave in place EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases, which was authorized by the Supreme Court's decision in April 2007 in Massachusetts v. EPA." "Unfortunately, today's decision limits EPA's ability to address climate change, by imposing a very narrow ...
In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the decision strips the EPA of the power Congress gave it to respond to “the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.” Kagan said the stakes in the case are high. She said, “The Court appoints itself—instead of Congress or the ex...
In a closely watched environmental Clean Water Act (CWA) case, the US Supreme Court adopted a far narrower construction of CWA’s definition of “waters...