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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 …