'Climate homicide' architects pitch theory to prosecutors
The lawyers are promoting new ways to hold oil companies criminally accountable for climate change. Progressive district attorneys are listening.
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The lawyers are promoting new ways to hold oil companies criminally accountable for climate change. Progressive district attorneys are listening.
The ruling eroded federal protections for many wetlands. Some experts worry it could lead to more pollution in surface waters and thwart other regulations.
“This is all really just an effort to try and get the Supreme Court’s attention,” a legal observer said.
Murkiness remains for projects involving water, despite clarity from Supreme Court on the limits of EPA’s power.
Historically strict EPA regulations on coal- and gas-fired power plants are due out next week. They face legal and political peril.