Does West Virginia v. EPA Doom the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule? (Updated) The Supreme Court is skeptical of agency efforts to pour new wine out of old bottles. Reason · Jul 13, 2022
Commentary: Supreme Court can’t stop the climate movement The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s power over carbon pollution in West Virginia v. EPA jeopardizes a clean and livable planet at the worst possible moment. Along with its recent decisions on abortion and guns, it seems that the court’s conservative majority has no qualms… Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022
Feds release 1st report on W.Va. fatal helicopter crash Investigators say a helicopter crash that killed six people in West Virginia on June 22 occurred when the aircraft hit a rock face 15 minutes after taking off The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022
Commentary: States and the EPA can still regulate greenhouse gases, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling Last month's decision by the Supreme Court striking down the Clean Power Plan is a blow to the fight against climate change, but it’s not a total knockout. Other existing laws protecting the environment are untouched by the decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The broad powers of… Los Angeles Times · Jul 11, 2022
‘Van life’ goes electric as RV makers race to lure millennials A few weeks ago, at an RV industry showcase in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, I test drove an electric motorhome — a concept vehicle made by Winnebago Industries Inc. as it works on developing a commercial e-RV. More like a shuttle van with sleeping accommodations than a traditional motorhome, the… Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022
Cannabis Dispensary Roundup: Trulieve, STIIIZY, Burb & Little Beach Harvest Trulieve Expands In West Virginia With New Medical Cannabis Store In Hurricane Benzinga · Jul 7, 2022
West Virginia man indicted for fatal Maryland shootings A grand jury has indicted the West Virginia man accused of shooting and killing three coworkers at a Maryland machine shop and then shooting and wounding a state trooper who was responding to the incident The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022
US gunmakers summoned to Congress to justify soaring profits from gun violence – as it happened Top Democrats ‘deeply troubled that gun manufacturers continue to profit from the sale of weapons of war’ The Guardian - US · Jul 7, 2022
West Virginia Mountaineers Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players West Virginia College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 7, 2022
Trulieve Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensary In Hurricane, West Virginia Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (OTCQX: TCNNF) (CSE:TRUL) is opening its Trulieve medical dispensary in Hurricane, West Virginia. Located at 2 Putnam Village Dr. Suite 2-3, the new dispensary will open its doors at 10am on July 6, 2022. Benzinga · Jul 6, 2022
The Precedential Value of Shadow Docket Cases West Virginia v. EPA included the COVID cases in the Major Questions Canon. Reason · Jul 6, 2022
The Legality of DACA After West Virginia v. EPA The long-standing deferred action policy fits many of the Chief Justice's criteria for majorness. Reason · Jul 6, 2022
Snark in West Virginia v. EPA One of my least favorite words in legal discourse is "interesting." Sometimes it is a useful way to describe something of interest, but far too often it is a passive aggressive way of criticizing something. "Oh well that is very interesting." After reading West Virginia v. EPA, I will add… Reason · Jul 6, 2022
After West Virginia opioid verdict, another case postponed The trial for a lawsuit accusing three major U.S. drug distributors of causing a health crisis throughout West Virginia has been postponed The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022
Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022 Parmy Olson: Mass surveillance in schools won’t solve mass shootings Administrators at Oak Hill High School in Fayette County, West Virginia, are attuned to potential violence. If a student scrawls a threat on the bathroom wall about shooting someone, which happens in schools on occasion, staff will set up a mobile unit of metal detectors in the school’s yellow-brick entranceway.…
WEKU · Jul 5, 2022 A federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.
The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022 US judge finds for 3 drug distributors in WVa opioid lawsuit A federal judge has ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit filed in West Virginia
The New Daily · Jul 3, 2022 Alan Kohler: Australia’s expensive climate change double whammy Australia’s net-zero commitment has always just been a matter of us doing our part of the global effort.. But that global effort is now in tatters.
Ballotpedia · Jul 1, 2022 SCOTUS applies major questions doctrine to limit agency authority The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2022, invoked the major questions doctrine in a decision that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could limit the efforts of other federal agencies to engage in…
Reason · Jul 1, 2022 Justice Kagan Throws Down the Gauntlet: We Are Not "All Textualists Now" In her forceful West Virginia v. EPA dissent, Justice Kagan challenges the majority's commitment to textualism.
The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022 WVa opioid trial verdict still pending nearly a year later Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to go to trial over the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic
Benzinga · Jul 1, 2022 Trulieve Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensaries In Florida And West Virginia Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (OTCQX: TCNNF) (CSE:TRUL) is opening two new medical dispensaries.
Salon · Jun 30, 2022 SCOTUS delivers a dagger to the planet "We don't have another option for large-scale reductions in greenhouse gasses"
The Guardian - US · Jun 30, 2022 US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions Court sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle ‘regulatory state’
Reason · Jun 30, 2022 Supreme Court Rejects Broad EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases from Power Plants (Updated) Chief Justice Roberts writes for a six-justice majority in West Virginia v. EPA.