But Wait, There's More! (Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on YouTube)

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision de facto killed climate legislation. Then, they blew up the Clean Power Plan, killing climate regulation. And now, through a new case before the Court, they’re targeting climate litigation.

In this episode, former Governor Jay Inslee joins Senator Whitehouse to discuss the role our nation’s highest court has played in stopping climate action.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/eQP29GlYKZk?si=RhGSGhfSQtw7N10t

Pruitt Is Gone. But These Five E.P.A. Policy Battles Are Still Ahead - The New York Times

Here's how Andrew Wheeler, Scott Pruitt's successor, is expected to roll back rules on power plants, water pollution, car emissions and more. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/climate/pruitt-wheeler-epa.html

Apple warns EPA killing Clean Power Plan would cause competitive disadvantage with China, increased investment uncertainty - 9to5Mac

Apple is speaking out against the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to repeal efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Reuters reports. ....
https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/06/apple-epa-clean-power-plan-response/

EPA's proposed repeal will make Americans sicker - CNN

Harold Wimmer and Stephen Crane write that the EPA's proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan will endanger the health of Americans. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/opinions/epa-air-pollution-health-opinion-wimmer-crane/index.html

Rick Santorum garbles climate change comments by Obama's EPA chief

During an appearance on Bill Maher’s HBO show, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., tried to convince the generally liberal host that Donald Trump was right to shelve Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which placed stricter standards on carbon emissions from power plants as a way of curbing pollution and climate change.

"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions," Santorum said. "That's what she said. Go look it up."

As if Santorum’s suggestion to "look it up" wasn’t enough of a prompt for us to take a look, a number of readers also suggested we analyze his statement. So we did....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/06/rick-santorum/rick-santorum-garbles-climate-change-comments-obam/

'Nonsensical and stupid and dangerous': Bernie Sanders slams Trump's executive order to repeal climate regulations -- Business Insider

Sen. Bernie Sanders lashed out at President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon, calling the executive order Trump signed on Tuesday to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan "nonsensical."

"That is such a nonsensical, and stupid, and dangerous, approach," the Vermont senator told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "It's almost indescribable." ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-slams-trumps-executive-order-to-repeal-clean-power-plan-2017-3