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To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution

Midsummer is the time for forecasts of the size of this year’s “dead zones” and algal blooms in major lakes and bays. Will the Gulf of Mexico dead zone be the size of New Jersey, or only as big as Connecticut? Will Lake Erie’s bloom blossom to a human health…

The Conversation

EPA knocks Colorado’s system for issuing air quality permits to minor polluters like drilling sites, gold mines

DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency found “important concerns” with the way Colorado regulators review and issue permits to minor polluters such as mines, asphalt plants and oil and gas drilling rigs, and those problems risked further damage to the state’s already poor air quality, according to a 309-page report…

The Denver Post

Anger as Manchin kills Democrats’ climate plans – what happens now?

The centrist senator has seemingly sunk Biden’s hopes of passing a major bill, and among climate activists the despair is palpable

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Smog levels in Texas surge during heat wave, bringing worst summer air quality in a decade

Emissions are reacting with the summer heat to create high levels of smog, hazardous air pollution that damages the lungs. But state officials are pushing back on ozone pollution controls proposed by the EPA, arguing such rules would compromise the electric grid.

The Texas Tribune

Commentary: Supreme Court can’t stop the climate movement

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…

Tribune News Service

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for July 1

Welcome to the July 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia

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…

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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.

The New Daily

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…

Ballotpedia

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.

Reason

Absurd US Supreme Court decision leaves climate leadership in limbo

Kevin Trenberth provides an insider’s view on the latest US Supreme Court decision limiting the power of government agencies to address carbon emissions

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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

Benzinga

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.

The Guardian - US

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

Irish Mirror

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

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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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Roll Call

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.

Tribune News Service

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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