The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Enbridge Energy, saying the company cannot move a case from state to federal court. The lawsuit in question was brought by Enbridge in response to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit to decommission the aging Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, a critical waterway.
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down tariffs implemented by Donald Trump. The Court ruled the president cannot invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact across-the-board global tariffs.
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing oral arguments regarding whether Donald Trump has the legal authority to impose sweeping tariffs. The case is being heard at a time when Trump’s punitive and unpredictable tariffs are exacerbating the affordability crisis in the United States, punishing the country’s allies, and harming American clean manufacturing competitiveness.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers could move forward.
The ruling reversed lower court injunctions pausing the layoffs and paved the way for federal agencies to implement widespread reductions in force.
Washington, DC - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to require further analysis before permitting a railroad line in Utah that would carry billions of gallons of oil because the Surface Transportation Board failed to analyze and disclose the pollution impacts of refining all that oil in Gulf Coast communities in Louisiana. The original suit was brought by environmental and community groups, including Sierra Club. The decision by the Supreme Court will narrow the scope of federal environmental reviews of fossil fuel infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court denied big polluters’ request to pause historic safeguards that would hold the coal industry accountable and improve public health for communities across the country.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court denied a request by big polluters to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) carbon emission standards for power plants from taking effect, ruling in favor of the agency and its authority to limit harmful greenhouse gasses from the electric power sector.
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected large corporations and big polluters’ request to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, overturning the Chevron doctrine, a long-standing principle that allowed agencies to interpret the laws that they implement—from those ensuring clean air and water, to those governing telecommunications and medical safety—and required courts to defer to their reasonable interpretations.
Washington, D.C. – A divided 5-to-4 Supreme Court today granted pre-judgment stay applications to block a critically important Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at reducing interstate smog pollution and improving public health. This decision means tens of millions of people will be exposed to higher levels of dangerous air pollution this summer, causing asthma attacks, lung damage, and premature deaths.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court sided with polluting states and industry groups by pausing implementation of EPA’s strategy to address harmful air pollution that crosses state lines, called the Good Neighbor Plan.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Supreme Court issued its final decisions of the term, ending a tumultuous few months marked by the conservative majority sharply limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act, overturning race-based Affirmative Action for higher education, ruling that small businesses can sometimes discriminate against LGBTQ+ Americans, refusing to establish Navajo Nation water rights to the Colorado River, and ending student loan forgiveness.