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motherjones.com/politics/2025/

#endangerment finding, which followed a #SupremeCourt ruling #EPA could regulate #greenhousegases…underpinning for all rules aimed at cutting the pollution…worsening the #climatecrisis.

Center for #BiologicalDiversity ’s #ClimateLaw Institute: “The…ignorance is trumped only by its malice toward the planet.”

Despite the enormous and growing body of evidence…including trillions of dollars in economic costs, Trump has called the #climatecrisis a “hoax"…

Mother JonesThe Trump EPA's baffling new agenda consists of throttling major environmental rulesIt may be time for the agency to remove the word "protection" from its name.

## New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law

reuters.com/sustainability/new

> "New York has fired a shot that will be heard round the world: The companies most responsible for the climate crisis will be held accountable," New York Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat who co-sponsored the bill, said in a statement.

Breaking: Montana Supreme Court, in 5-1 vote, affirms lower court decision in youth case of Held v. Montana: Climate change violates environmental rights clauses of state constitution; state law barring consideration of climate in setting energy policy is unconstitutional.

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#Biden’s #InflationReductionAct is the largest US #ClimateLaw in history, valued at over $400B total. That figure includes grants & other spending to spur #CleanEnergy deployment, along w/ tax incentives & credits.

#Trump, who has called #ClimateChange a “hoax”, said in an economy-focused speech on Sept 5 that he wants to "rescind all unspent funds under the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act" if elected.

JIC

#Biden admin spending #climate cash fast, as #Trump threatens to cancel it

Trump has said he would cancel all unspent funds from President Joe Biden's signature #ClimateLaw if he wins the presidential #election on Nov 5.

But the vast majority of grants will be spent by the time a new president takes office in Jan, & targeting what remains would be a massive #legal challenge.

#law #TrumpProofing #ClimateCrisis #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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