Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine: What it Means for Climate Change Policy

Photo by Fine Photographics on Unsplash. Article by Marianne Lavelle. Inside Climate News – June 28, 2024.

Just as federal regulators move forward with a climate change policy rooted in dozens of complex provisions of law, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the principle that has guided U.S. regulatory law for the past 40 years. That principle held that a federal agency’s interpretation of the law should be honored, as long as it is reasonable, in cases where there is any question about the law’s meaning. Now, the so-called Chevron doctrine has been swept aside […]

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