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Kids' climate trial might be dead. Here's what it means
There's been a flurry of activity in the lead-up to the trial in a landmark climate lawsuit brought by a group of young people against the federal government.
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Benjamin Hulac, E&E News reporter
There's been a flurry of activity in the lead-up to the trial in a landmark climate lawsuit brought by a group of young people against the federal government.
The Trump administration is breaking with its predecessors by using a 2006 opinion by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from a famously muddled wetlands case in a bid to limit Clean Water Act protection of isolated wetlands and waterways. Many legal experts don't think that's a good idea.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
EPA's detractors are worried the agency is taking a step that could weaken the cornerstone of the Obama administration's climate policy.
By Niina Heikkinen in Climatewire
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The Trump administration is breaking with its predecessors by using a 2006 opinion by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from a famously muddled wetlands case in a bid to limit Clean Water Act protection of isolated wetlands and waterways. Many legal experts don't think that's a good idea.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
EPA's detractors are worried the agency is taking a step that could weaken the cornerstone of the Obama administration's climate policy.
By Niina Heikkinen in Climatewire