SCOTUS overturns Chevron doctrine, hindering future environmental rulemaking
The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned the so-called Chevron doctrine, a 40-year-old precedent which held that judges should defer to the expertise of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency when laws passed by Congress are unclear.
Read MoreIRA clean energy incentives could be ‘on the chopping block’ with Trump’s re-election -report
If US President Joe Biden is re-elected in November, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is “likely to remain intact”, while a return of former President Donald Trump to the White House “could put some, if not all, of the tax incentives for clean energy on the chopping block,” found a Bloomberg Intelligence report released Tuesday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: ‘I don’t mind going first,’ says co-author of Vermont’s landmark ‘Climate Superfund’ law
Vermont is prepared to implement and defend in court its first-in-the-nation “Climate Superfund” law, even if it must go it alone, one of the lead sponsors of the legislation told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreMaryland governor signs order advancing Climate Pollution Reduction Plan
Governor Wes Moore (D) signed an executive order Tuesday to advance Maryland’s Climate Pollution Reduction Plan, requiring state agencies to submit a Climate Implementation Plan by Nov. 1 and creating a Subcabinet on Climate.
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