The West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision the US Supreme Court handed down in June curtailed strategies EPA can use to slow climate change, but its problematic implications stretch far beyond greenhouse gas reduction. In a new report, experts from the Center for Progressive Reform, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, and the Union of Concerned Scientists explain the decision and its implications for the effective functioning of the US regulatory system and recommend steps that the executive branch and Congress can take to preserve our government’s ability to address challenges to public health and wellbeing.
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