Recent news from the Supreme Court that it was staying the current Administration’s Clean Power Plan was certainly a disappointment. However, it is important to realize what the stay order does … Read more
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Power Plant Climate Pollution Standards
The Supreme Court cleared the path for EPA to move forward with updates to clean air standards that place meaningful limits on carbon pollution from power plants, the largest source … Read more
Supreme Court to Water Resource Managers: Just Say No to Filling Wetlands and Floodplains?
With last week’s 5-4 ruling in Koontz v. Saint John’s River Water Management District, the Supreme Court has made it harder for state and local water resource managers to protect … Read more
Weakening the Clean Water Act Would Be Otter Nonsense
River otters may now be at risk from recent Supreme Court decisions. Act now to restore the Clean Water Act. Read more
Climate Capsule: Clean Air Act, Tool to Tackle Climate
Happy Summer Solstice from the Climate Capsule! This week’s stories: Highlight of the Week: Supreme Court Rules on Climate Science Quote: Jeremy Symons, NWF Senior VP, Conservation & Education Economic … Read more
Conservative Supreme Court Justices Affirm Climate Science
Today’s decision by the Supreme Court in American Electric Power v. Connecticut may have foreclosed (for now) the possibility of states using federal common law to seek carbon pollution limits … Read more
An Opportunity for the Supreme Court to Hold Polluters Accountable
Today I attended arguments at the US Supreme Court over the question of what role the courts should play in holding polluters accountable for climate change. The Players On one … Read more
After Five Years and Legal Wrangling, Agency Finally Protects South Carolina Wetland
On November 1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reasserted basic federal Clean Water Act protections for a 31-acre coastal wetland in Horry County, South Carolina, near Murrells Inlet. That’s the good news. Read more
We the Corporations of the United States …
By Larry J. Schweiger There is an old expression: “Money speaks and politicians listen.” With public confidence in Congress at a low point, the last thing America now needs is … Read more
