A Supreme Court decision upholds the right of people to challenge policies or actions that result in a disproportionate effect on the basis of race or national origin.
The fate of the Mercury and Air Toxics safeguards is still to be determined after the Supreme Court's decision grants a challenge to the EPA’s long overdue limits on toxic pollution.
A report by 45 leading researchers makes the case that climate change is not only the gravest threat we face, but also our best chance to unite around the twin goals of sustainable growth and cutting carbon emissions.
High Court leaves lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics standards in place, but requires additional process by EPA; statements from groups that intervened in the case
This week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a crucial case about regulating mercury and other toxic air pollution coming from coal-fired power plants.
Attorney Jim Pew speaks about his work and National Mining Association v. EPA, the U.S. Supreme Court case that determined whether the EPA must consider profits over people when regulating toxic air pollution.
In the summer of 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a critical case involving mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Up to 11,000 lives hung in the balance, many of whom are from overburdened communities.
