A riveting @CoralMDavenport story on the decades-long conservative campaign to hobble the federal government’s regulatory power, now about to reach fruition. https://t.co/SPGmankkRo
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) June 19, 2022
Overturning Roe is just one goal for the Supreme Court’s Republican justices. For decades, far-right donors have wanted to gut the EPA and weaken the federal government’s regulatory powers. THREAD ->
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) June 11, 2022
“This profound disconnect between the will of the people and the court’s deregulatory agenda on the environment could not come at a more dangerous time — pushing people and the planet closer and closer to the point of no return.”https://t.co/Bg58WAz5eF
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 7, 2022
So, just to be clear about where things stand (from today's headlines), the Supreme Court is poised to block EPA's ability to fight climate change, set back LGBTQ rights, and continue its assault on democracy. pic.twitter.com/6yfBNnISUB
— Aaron Belkin (@AaronBelkin) March 10, 2022
Coal companies and Republican-led states want the Supreme Court to limit @EPA’s power to regulate #greenhouse gases from power plants, a major driver of global warming that threatens to worsen flooding, droughts, disease and other calamities. @alexcguillen https://t.co/F7xW1omyjs
— Safe Climate Campaign (@safe_climate) June 12, 2022
Analysis: Several environmental lawyers said the draft opinion does not bode well for the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in West Virginia v. EPA, a challenge to the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon emissions from the power sector. https://t.co/UY27av3MXU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2022
Abortion rights aren't the only thing on the line with this captured, extremist Supreme Court. The very future of our planet is as well.#WVvEPA could be the most consequential environmental Supreme Court case in decades. 👇 https://t.co/rcQ6trZrkX
— LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 (@LCVoters) June 12, 2022