State Supreme Court Decisions with Huge Implications for the Future of Environmental Protection

Montana, USA

By Grace Wyner, Communications Associate, Earthjustice Action Over the past several years, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly made decisions that diminish the strength and scope of core environmental laws put in place to protect our health and planet. This includes the decision earlier this year in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v Eagle County, which…

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State Supreme Courts are on the Front Lines of Defense Against Attempts to Roll Back Environmental Protections

The Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii

By: Coby Dolan, Legislative Director of the Access to Justice Program, Earthjustice Action The Trump administration has challenged, undermined, and even eliminated key environmental protections — from defunding agencies established solely to safeguard people’s health, public lands, and the planet, to implementing massive rollbacks of clean energy investments that will help us reduce emissions and…

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