U.S. Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy,
Constitutional Law
Jul. 8, 2022
Deconstructing the Supreme Court’s climate change
Richard M. Frank
Professor of Environmental Practice
UC Davis School of Law
Richard is director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law.
The Supreme Court's recent climate change decision has been characterized by legal observers as "seismic," "transformational" and "a bombshell." All of those descriptions are apt.
The Court's 6-3 ruling holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority under the federal Clean Air Act to transition existing American power plants from fossil fuels to natural gas and, especially, to renewable energy sources. The decision wil...
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