SUPREME COURT
Justices reject 2 state challenges to federal energy action
The Supreme Court issued orders this morning declining hearings on a pair of energy-related cases involving states' standing to oppose federal agency actions.
Niina H. Farah
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Niina H. Farah (née Heikkinen) previously covered regulations and federal agencies for E&E News. She has also covered climate policy at EPA under the Trump administration, and agriculture, fisheries and biofuels, with a focus in scientific research and ecological conservation. Before joining the E&E News staff, she was a reporting fellow for Climatewire. She has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and dual bachelor's degrees in animal science (with a concentration in pre-veterinary medicine) and journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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