US Supreme Court dealt blows to EPA and environmental protections
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered setbacks to environmental interests in a series of recent rulings including by further restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority and relaxing requirements for environmental impact studies for proposed projects. While cases involving President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration and other issues captured attention during its just-completed nine-month term, the court also continued its years-long trend of narrowing federal protections for the environment in several rulings that could be a boon for businesses. Wendy Park, a lawyer with the Center for Biological Diversity environmentalist group, said those rulings “dealt huge blows to the environment and public health and safety.” “We’ll all suffer from unhealthier air, less safe water and more climate warming,” Park added. Park’s organization was on the losing side of perhaps the term’s biggest environmental decision, one that involved a proposed Utah railway intended to transport crude oil.
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