Four reasons to care about WV v. EPA at the Supreme Court
West Virginia v. the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the brief, West Virginia’s Attorney General (AG) and multiple other Republican Attorneys General and governors (along with a handful of utility companies and fossil fuel interests–particularly coal) are challenging the extent of the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act.
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A ruling for the WV AG and coal interests could set back 45 years of the Clean Air Act cutting pollution as the US economy has grown.
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SCOTUS may require Congress to set individual standards for every agency instead of letting experts and scientists do their jobs.
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Since there is no specific law for environmental racism, this ruling could set back environmental justice progress.
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Climate action can’t wait.
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