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How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

This decision , reached with a 6-3 majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts, marks a significant shift in administrative law and has profound implications for environmental regulations and climate accountability. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Successful court cases could limit the scope of future regulations.

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Rightwing Authoritarianism vs the Environment

Legal Planet

It also wants to destroy environmental regulation, especially climate law. The combination of authoritarianism, extreme conservative ideology, and anti-environmentalism is common globally, not just in U.S. Researchers have found links between two psychological dispositions and hostility to environmental protection.

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It’s Time for EPA to Regulate Chemicals by Class

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with the Herculean and crucial task of assessing which chemicals are innocuous and which ones need to be banned or restricted because they pose a threat to our health or the environment. Fortunately, EPA has begun a slow pivot toward assessing multiple chemicals at once.

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Why Congress Should Pass the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

Robert Bullard, “environmental justice embraces the principle that all people and communities have a right to equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.” In solidarity with environmental justice leaders and communities, UCS has been a supporter of this bill since its inception.

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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

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Will there be enough water for Michigan’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation? Will there be enough water for the state’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation?

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The Stream, September 14, 2021: Could Rainwater Harvesting Solve Water Scarcity in Mexico City?

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HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Conference — Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress.

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A Primer on CCUS Regulation in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. In the meantime, the Environmental Protection Agency remains the primary enforcement authority for Class VI wells.