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Supreme Court

The Fate of Protected Wetlands Are At Stake in the Supreme Court’s First Case of the Term

Environmentalists want the EPA to continue exercising broad authority over the nation’s waterways and wetlands. But conservatives say the agency’s expansive powers are unreasonable and hard to understand.

By Aman Azhar

Activists attend a rally to call for protection of the Clean Water Act outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as it begins a new term on Monday, October 3, 2022. The court was hearing arguments in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Protesters assemble around a giant constitution on June 30 outside of the Supreme Court at a protest held by the Climate Action Campaign. Credit: Samantha Hurley

After It Narrowed the EPA’s Authority, Talks of Expanding the Supreme Court Garner New Support

By Samantha Hurley

The Guardian or Authority of Law, rests on the side of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling: A Loss of Authority for Federal Agencies or a Lesson for Conservatives in ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’?

By Marianne Lavelle

In Cost Mesa, California, piglets and their mother in January. Credit: Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/Via Getty Images.

California’s Strict New Law Preventing Cruelty to Farm Animals Triggers Protests From Big U.S. Meat Producers

By Leah Campbell

Climate activists demonstrate outside as the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of West Virginia vs. EPA on Monday. Credit: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for NRDC

Conservative Justices Express Some Support for Limiting Biden’s Ability to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Marianne Lavelle

Climate activists outside the Supreme Court in 2018. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images.

Republicans Seize the ‘Major Questions Doctrine’ to Block Biden’s Climate Agenda

By Marianne Lavelle

The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC on November 5, 2021. Credit: Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

Supreme Court’s Unusual Decision to Hear a Coal Case Could Deal President Biden’s Climate Plans Another Setback

By Marianne Lavelle

A view of the Supreme Court at dusk, January 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Supreme Court Sidesteps a Full Climate Change Ruling, Handing Industry a Procedural Win

By David Hasemyer

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh attends the funeral of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush at the U.S Capitol Rotunda on Dec. 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. Credit: Jabin Botsford - Pool/Getty Images

The Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Climate Change. Is it Ready to Decide Which Courts Have Jurisdiction?

By David Hasemyer

Seventh U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) as she begins a series of meetings to prepare for her confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29

Trump’s Pick for the Supreme Court Could Deepen the Risk for Its Most Crucial Climate Change Ruling

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Lawsuits Seeking Damages for Climate Change Face Critical Legal Challenges

By David Hasemyer

Brett Kavanaugh, standing with his daughters, is President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

What Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court Could Mean for Climate Policies

By Marianne Lavelle

Will the Courts Sit Out Climate Change Debate?

By Elizabeth McGowan

Supreme Court: Coal Giant's Campaign Dollars Pose Risk of Bias

By Stacy Morford

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