A New York Times scoop reveals that Chief Justice Roberts was concerned that the EPA would (again) get away with imposing unlawful burdens on utilities.
Instead of confronting the problems with the state's heavily regulated insurance market, lawmakers are looking for a scapegoat.
The kids climate cases continue to have standing problems in federal court.
A dazzling, ridiculously charming sci-fi adventure from the author of The Martian
Some climate activists want a meat-free future. The science says otherwise.
A Federalist Society forum on the first big case of OT 2026.
The Supreme Court granted certiorari in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County
A couple of lawyers and a couple of scribes discuss the legal challenges to come.
The Environmental Protection Agency is reportedly prepared to rescind the "endangerment finding" that underpins the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
The EPA under the Obama and Biden administrations invoked that finding to adopt strict and costly regulations aiming to reduce emissions.
The job of scientists isn't to manufacture alarm. It's to communicate the truth.
The Department of Justice failed to demonstrate that the court had jurisdiction to hear the (premature) claims.
“We’re standing up not just for ourselves, but for the principle that government must respect property rights.”
Is this "the end of the climate hawk era"?
Author Matt Ridley examines how science became centralized and dogmatic, why public trust collapsed during COVID, and how open dissent is essential to restoring credibility.
Whatever the merits of climate tort suits (or lack thereof), the argument they are preempted does not hold up.
COP30 in Brazil just ended and was more of the same.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperatures are on the rise after 33 years of largely fruitless negotiations.
Using tort law for environmental protection has a deeper historical pedigree than does resort to administrative regulation.
Justice Neil Gorsuch got Solicitor General D. John Sauer to admit one "likely" outcome, if the Supreme Court upholds Trump's tariffs.
Another reply to the former attorney general on climate litigation that may end up in the Supreme Court.
The Microsoft co-founder recently penned a letter arguing that increasing global prosperity is the best way forward on the issue.
A suit asking a district court judge to undo every Trump Administration energy policy initiative is dismissed with prejudice; appeal to follow.
Just as Biden’s preference for renewables distorted markets and harmed consumers, so too does Trump’s bias toward coal.
The groups are using the lawsuit to halt the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says the Endangerment Finding is the "holy grail" of climate policy. Perhaps it's really they great white whale.
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacates a district court injunction barring clawback of climate grants.
One rural county expects the regulation to cost its landfill almost $4 million up front, and an additional $1 million annually.
A report affirms that greenhouse gases are warming the planet, but it also found no convincing evidence that U.S. hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, or droughts have become more frequent or intense in recent decades.
San Francisco’s new ordinance would impose all-electric building standards for new construction projects or buildings undergoing “major renovations.”
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya defends open disagreement, criticizes groupthink, and argues that democracy depends on our ability to speak and listen across political and scientific divides.
By going through the courts, the Trump administration risks perpetuating the regulatory ping-pong that has plagued Washington, D.C., for decades.
An unholy alliance between MAGA and progressives to ban research on an emergency backup plan to cool the planet may be emerging.
A new report suggests the Trump EPA is not content with cutting off stationary source regulation of greenhouse gases.
A widely reported study relies on weak data, inaccurate statistics, and misleading references to support its claims.
While the bill may terminate subsidies for electric vehicles and energy efficiency, it falls short of fully eliminating government intervention in the energy sector.
This one claims that the Trump Administration's deregulatory efforts violate the Fifth Amendment.
The appeals court concludes the lawsuit failed to present a claim upon which relief can be granted under state law.
The case involved a fully permitted railroad track in Utah that has yet to break ground because of environmental lawsuits.
Instead of making a headlong rush at the endangerment finding, the Administration is adopting a more targeted deregulatory strategy.
The "one big, beautiful bill" keeps the corporate welfare that Republicans claim to hate.
The agency may be able to adopt a bank-shot strategy to preclude most (but not all) greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act without contesting basic climate science.
All to shovel more money at wasteful and ineffective programs.
A recent Federalist Society webinar on one of the Trump EPA"s top agenda items.
The lawsuit challenges a Day 1 executive order signed by the president to halt federal leasing for offshore wind energy projects.
Climate change is real and may cause real problems. But media outlets keep pushing hysterical myths that don't materialize.
Yes, the climate is warming. But, despite what you may have heard, we can deal with it.
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