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Is the Supreme Court in danger of abandoning its own legitimacy?
… protect them from ever increasing incidents of mass shootings. Similarly, in West Virginia v. EPA , the conservative majority on the court chose to ignore reality in order to preserve a … York v. United States , 505 U.S. 144, 187 (1992). But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme in Section 111(d). A decision of … now moves to state legislatures, and the media focus will follow. In both the gun control and EPA decisions, the court barred, respectively, the way to legislative and executive action. It is …
There's no ignoring the Supreme Court's motivations in ruling against the EPA
… justice was not served in the Supreme Court's ruling this week in West Virginia vs. EPA . In a time where fulfilling what is required of us should demand fighting pollution and … lives at risk but deals a major blow to federal climate action, severely limiting the EPA's authority to regulate carbon pollution under one portion of the Clean Air Act. It did so in …
After Supreme Court climate ruling, Catholic leaders say legislation is 'critical'
… events. "We must bring these emissions down. Yet today, the Supreme Court chose to limit EPA's authority to regulate these emissions, rendering less resourced our collective imperative … conservative justices — five of whom are Catholic — all in the majority, the court ruled that EPA acted without explicit authority from Congress when it issued in 2015 the Clean Power Plan, …
On the Clean Water Act's 50th birthday, what should we celebrate?
… that doesn't come out of a tailpipe or a smokestack. Another area that needs improvement: EPA officials regularly pass most of the Act's enforcement to states, and states chronically …
US EPA Interfaith Panel on Climate Change
… On April 20, EPA will convene a diverse panel of faith community leaders who have a special interest in climate change based on the teachings of their faith traditions. EPA’s Deputy Administrator, Janet McCabe, will provide opening remarks. … Speakers: … Imam Saffet …
Conference highlights links among climate change, health, racial justice
… like the economics of climate change and youth activists, and welcomed speakers such as former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, who now serves as the White House's point person for domestic …
Our clothing donations may cause more harm than good
… widely. Some donations do reach the hands of those who are in desperate need. Furthermore, the EPA reports that 85% of unused textiles are discarded in U.S. landfills yearly. Donating clothes, …
How a powerful US lobby group helps Big Oil to block climate action
… controlled a $15 million budget, part of which he used to give workshops on climate change by EPA officials and other specialists. "I brought them together in front of oil industry …
Biden’s climate duo of Kerry and McCarthy puts U.S. back in global warming fight
… diplomat. That's what he loves, that's what he's done,” said Christine Todd Whitman, a former EPA administrator under Republican President George W. Bush. “And if not president, then that's a …
Hazel Johnson, the mother of environmental justice, was Catholic
… David Pellow, who worked with PCR in the 1990s, recalled a meeting with state and federal EPA officials that was not going well. Community members sensed the government officials were … and visit the White House. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush presented Johnson with the EPA's Environment and Conservation Challenge Award, saying leaders like her "realize that the …
Faith groups applaud Biden's 'bold' executive actions on climate, environmental justice
… the first-ever, White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, led by McCarthy, who headed the EPA under former President Barack Obama. It also creates a 21-agency national climate task force, …
Biden to enter White House with Cabinet stocked with climate advocates
… the Office of Management and Budget and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To lead the EPA, Biden nominated Michael Regan, current secretary for North Carolina's Department of … Justice Network, whose executive committee said in a statement that naming the former EPA official "shows that the commitment to environmental justice as a cornerstone of President … of state, will lead international engagement as special envoy on climate, and Gina McCarthy, EPA chief from 2013 to 2017, will head the new White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy as …
Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air
… screening of the short film Unbreathable followed by the webinar, Unbreathable No More: The EPA and Clean Air in 2021. … The 30-minute film will screen on January 19, at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm … 60-minute webinar will follow directly afterward at 4pm PT/7pm ET. Unbreathable No More: The EPA and clean air in 2021: After the film, Interfaith Power & Light President Rev. Susan … Church. IPL National Organizing Director, Bill Bradlee, will also speak to IPL priorities for EPA advocacy in the coming year, focusing on clean cars and methane pollution. Sign up here …
Divestments and investments, COVID-19 and climate justice: EarthBeat's most read stories of 2020
… involvement is growing. It's not just about prayer, though. … 5. … Oklahoma governor asked EPA to strip tribes of environmental authority … From our partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration, came this piece: Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) has asked the EPA to give his state jurisdiction over environmental regulations on Native American …
EarthBeat Weekly: Biden picks signal seat at table for environmental justice
… served as counsel for that office during the Obama administration and has also worked in the EPA. Most recently, Mallory has been director of regulatory policy at the non-profit Southern … and Gina McCarthy, who will take the lead on the domestic climate front . McCarthy, a past EPA administrator, has most recently been president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a …
Loyola Chicago launches School of Environmental Sustainability as center for research, action
… school has hosted an annual climate change conference, with keynote speakers including former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, former Irish President Mary Robinson and author and activist …
President-elect Biden pledges to push climate agenda despite legislative obstacles
… of Energy and Department of Interior. According to Politico , potential nominees at the EPA include Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Heather McTeer Toney, a former EPA official and senior director of Moms Clean Air Force. At the Energy Department, Biden could … Whoever Biden selects will be an about-face from the Trump administration, particularly at EPA, which was led first by Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general who sued the …
Trump and Biden approach environmental protection from widely varying viewpoints
… intended when adopting anti-pollution laws beginning in the 1970s. An evangelical and a former EPA official in the administration of George W. Bush, Fewell said he believes Trump is concerned …
What does equitable climate policy actually look like?
… its roots in the U.S., President Donald Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do something devastating: The agency was to indefinitely and cruelly suspend environmental rule enforcement. The EPA complied, and for just under half a year, it provided over 3,000 waivers that granted … plan are extensions of what the Obama administration already got started — expanding the EPA’s EJSCREEN tool that identifies environmental justice hotspots, for instance. This is …
Tracking energy use in the Chicago Archdiocese, one meter at a time
… the archdiocese worked with teams of volunteers to set up each parish with accounts through EPA's Energy Star Portfolio Manager, a free online program that allows an organization to upload … its energy data and track it over time. The massive data dump the archdiocese fed into the EPA software gave a general sense of the energy usage at each parish or school, but didn't tell …