A Landmark Climate Change Ruling Could Go Up in Smoke after Justice Kennedy Retires – Mashable
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Article Synopsis – With Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring after 30 years, some are concerned that the vacancy leaves a vital environmental ruling vulnerable. In 2003, the EPA decided “that it could not regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gases”. Twelve states sued the agency, arguing “that these gases were pollutants and a danger to the public”. The Supreme Court ruled that “heat-trapping greenhouse gases are pollutants, and that the EPA can regulate them”. With this opening in the Supreme Court, it is possible that the court could dismantle or even overturn that ruling. To read the actual article click here.