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Commentary: States and the EPA can still regulate greenhouse gases, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling

Last month's decision by the Supreme Court striking down the Clean Power Plan is a blow to the fight against climate change, but it’s not a total knockout. Other existing laws protecting the environment are untouched by the decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The broad powers of…

Los Angeles Times

Explained | The background of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on limiting the Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Supreme Court limited how the anti-pollution law can be used to control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by a 6-3 majority.

The Hindu

Alan Kohler: Australia’s expensive climate change double whammy

Australia’s net-zero commitment has always just been a matter of us doing our part of the global effort.. But that global effort is now in tatters.

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Ruling Could Dampen US Government Efforts to Rein in Big Tech

The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet. In the 6-3 decision that was narrowly tailored to the Environmental Protection…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Liam Denning: The Supreme Court prefers climate policy to be expensive

If it feels as if the Supreme Court is hellbent on dividing us further, last week's ruling on the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers raised that feeling to whole new level.

Tribune News Service

SCOTUS applies major questions doctrine to limit agency authority

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2022, invoked the major questions doctrine in a decision that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could limit the efforts of other federal agencies to engage in…

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Justice Kagan Throws Down the Gauntlet: We Are Not "All Textualists Now"

In her forceful West Virginia v. EPA dissent, Justice Kagan challenges the majority's commitment to textualism.

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Environmental justice advocates slam Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court decision Thursday to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency may regulate carbon dioxide emissions could make an already grave situation worse for those most affected by air pollution and climate change, community residents and advocates fear

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Ruling Dials Back EPA Powers: What It Means For Energy Stocks

The U.S. Supreme Court continued its busy summer this week, issuing a landmark ruling limiting the mpower of the Environmental Protection Agency. The ruling could have significant financial implications for a number of energy sector stocks.

Benzinga

Trevor Noah on supreme court gutting the EPA: ‘So what is their job now?’

Late-night hosts discuss the supreme court limiting the EPA’s power to curb emissions and debrief another week of public January 6 hearings

The Guardian - US

Hundreds of septic tanks risking human health and environment, say Environmental Protection Agency

"Sewage [is] ponding in gardens and discharging to ditches and streams" in some cases

Irish Mirror

Commentary: Another devastating Supreme Court decision — this time for the environment and public safety

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Thursday to severely limit the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to combat greenhouse gas emissions is devastating at a time when climate change endangers the planet.

Los Angeles Times

Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited

WASHINGTON — Since February, when the Supreme Court held oral arguments in a case challenging the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants, environmental lawyers and climate activists braced for a ruling that tattooed a deep, restrictive swath into the agency’s ability to curb emissions.

Tribune News Service

Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruling limited the EPA’s authority to rein in emissions. But it left the agency some room to address climate change.

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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court has taken control of climate policy

By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority to order reduced emissions to fight climate change.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court decision may slow transition to cleaner energy

The Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants could have far-reaching consequences for the energy sector — and make it harder for the Biden administration to meet its goal of having the U.S. power grid run on clean energy by…

The Guardian - US

‘Condemning everyone alive’: outrage at US supreme court climate ruling

Limiting the Environmental Protection Agency at a time when fossil fuel emissions need to be curbed is ‘devastating’

Reason

Supreme Court Limits EPA's Ability To Impose Costly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts

Any future regulations will require clear authorization from Congress.

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U.S. Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases

The high court said a cap on power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions that forces a transition to other fuels may be a “sensible” solution to the climate crisis, but that Congress did not give the Environmental Protection Agency the broad authority to make such requirements. Texas was one of 17…

Reason

EPA Pushes Back Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Regulations While Awaiting Supreme Court Ruling

No matter how the Supreme Court rules in West Virginia v. EPA, absent legislative action it is unlikely new power plant rules will be in force before 2024.

The Conversation

What are PFAS, and why is the EPA warning about them in drinking water? An environmental health scientist explains

“PFAS? What’s PFAS?”

Tribune News Service

Kamala Harris touts White House’s infrastructure plan during Pittsburgh visit

PITTSBURGH — Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Pittsburgh Friday morning to meet with members of the community and other leaders in Homewood to discuss the White House’s bipartisan infrastructure plan and how it could help replace lead water lines in the region.

The Guardian - UK

Greenhouse gases must be legally phased out, US scientists argue

A petition calls on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate emissions under the Toxic Substances Control Act

The Guardian - US

EPA imposes stricter limits on four types of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

EPA administrator Michael Regan announces ‘aggressive action’ but new PFAS limits are advisory and critics call them ‘baby steps’

WEKU

EPA warns that even tiny amounts of chemicals found in drinking water pose risks

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.

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