The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s power over carbon pollution in West Virginia v. EPA jeopardizes a clean and livable planet at the worst possible moment. Along with its recent decisions on abortion and guns, it seems that the court’s conservative majority has no qualms about suppressing the future of all life on this planet.
After this onslaught of rights-eviscerating rulings, it’s easy to feel stunned, hopeless and inert. Instead, we should realize that the people of the United States have power.
We are a group of climate-engaged stewards from across the nation, including a classical musician, a doctor, a student, a climate labor researcher, a documentary filmmaker, a youth climate activist and a lawyer-turned-journalist — a group as diverse as the progressive movement as a whole.
