Supreme Court’s Climate Decisions are Catastrophic (and Not Just for the Climate)

09/07/2022
Supreme Court’s Climate Decisions are Catastrophic (and Not Just for the Climate)

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Episode Synopsis

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. EPA not only throws a substantial hurdle ahead of regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal power plants, it takes a vicious swipe at the entirety of the modern administrative state. Using a new invention—the “major questions doctrine”—the Supreme Court has set up an easy way for […]