Supreme Court puts EPA’s “Good Neighbor plan” on hold.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to put the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor plan” on hold is yet another blow to environmental protections in our country. It seems that every time we turn around, there’s another regulation being dismantled, and it leaves me wondering why these decisions are happening so rapidly. Is it because big money corporations are pulling the strings, prioritizing profits over people and the planet?
Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s reasoning for granting the challengers’ request to put the EPA’s plan on hold is flawed. The EPA had a valid explanation for their actions, aiming to reduce pollution from power plants and industrial sources in upwind states that were not meeting the “Good Neighbor” provision of the Clean Air Act.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker