Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) didn’t let Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) “unconstitutional” talk go without a fact check following her tense questioning of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday. The conspiracy theorist Republican pointed to the Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which … Read more
This story originally appeared on Slate and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US environmental law is a relatively young discipline. The Environmental Protection Agency is a little more than 50 years old, and the Clean Air and Clean Water acts—legislation we today see as bedrocks of public health and environmental safeguards—were passed in … Read more
(NewsNation) — The deadline for East Palestine residents to opt into a $600 million class action settlement over last year’s train derailment is fast approaching. Some residents of the Ohio village, though, are concerned that the agreement was rushed and that after legal fees and other considerations, the payouts will not be enough to help … Read more
A member of Joe Biden’s campaign team had a deadpan response after Donald Trump appeared to leak some of his debate talking points on social media. The post featured a note about climate change that was attributed to Andrew Wheeler, Trump’s former EPA administrator and a former coal lobbyist. In the note, Wheeler seemed to … Read more
Donald Trump’s presidential administration was infamous for meddling in scientific research to achieve its preferred policy outcomes. But now employees at a crucial federal agency are trying to guard themselves from political intrusion in the event that Trump returns to the White House. The union representing 8,000 workers at the Environmental Protection Agency just bargained … Read more
The conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court appeared ready to overturn another major decades-old precedent when it heard arguments on Wednesday in two cases about fishing regulations. The cases — Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo — challenged regulations imposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service in 2020 that … Read more
