Environment

SCOTUS stays EPA 'Good Neighbor Plan' for cross-state smog program

2024-06-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 6/10

The Supreme Court granted a 5-4 stay on June 27, 2024, blocking the EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan addressing interstate ozone pollution while litigation proceeds. Justice Gorsuch’s majority opinion found EPA failed to reasonably explain its methodology after some states left the program. The …

Supreme Court of the United States EPA Justice Neil Gorsuch (majority opinion) Justice Amy Coney Barrett (dissent) State of Ohio (applicant) +2 more administrative-law courts environment clean-air-act good-neighbor-provision +3 more

Clinton Roadless Rule Protects 58 Million Acres of National Forests from Logging

2001-01-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In one of his final acts as president, Bill Clinton implements the “Roadless Rule,” prohibiting road construction, timber harvest, and most commercial development on nearly 58 million acres of pristine national forest land—more than a quarter of the entire National Forest System. The …

Bill Clinton U.S. Forest Service Timber Industry Mining Industry environment public-lands deregulation natural-resources conservation +1 more