The high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has increasingly reined in the powers of federal agencies, including the EPA, in recent years. The justices have restricted EPA’s authority to fight air and water pollution, including a landmark 2022 ruling that limited EPA’s authority to ...
In ruling on the EPA's denial of the petition, the Supreme Court addressed three issues. First, the Court held that the lead petitioner, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, had standing to sue for redress of injuries caused by global warming. The Court also ruled that a state acting to ...
The EPA also projected that no coal-fired plant would retire because of the rule. Additionally, the Biden administration warned that pausing the rule would harm downwind states and tribal communities that live near power plants. The Supreme Court's order follows a series of recent rulings that ...
The 9th Circuitaffirmedthe district court's ruling, finding that the EPA has power over the wetlands. In its decision, the appeals court found the agency has jurisdiction over the Sacketts' property, which it described as a "soggy residential lot," because the wetlands on it were adjacent to...
President Joe Biden convened a virtual meeting of some of the world’s largest economies to discuss the next steps on climate change on June 17, 2022. The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech ind...
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 ...
America's supreme court has issued a momentous ruling—one that will have far-reaching consequences for the government's ability to curb the greenhouse-gas emissions. In West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency, the court sharply limited the EPA's power to regulate the millions of tonnes...
Supreme Court Ruling Creates More Standing Room in the Already Heated Global Greenhouse Gas MovementThis article reviews the recent April 2, 2007 Supreme Court decision in the Massachusetts v. EPA, a highly important case regarding greenhouse gases. The case centered on the Court's review of EPA...
The Supreme Court has put environmental protections under threat — issuing decisions that limit the power of agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to combat climate change and pollution. Two of the court’s recent rulings, both of which were decided 6-3 along ideological lines...
In a span of 11 months, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a one-two punch against the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to combat air and water pollution in twin rulings that cloud future EPA regulatory moves, according to legal experts. Rulings last week and in June 2022 con...