Nina Farah

Legal Reporter, E&E News · 1 appearance on the record.

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Niina Farah covers energy and environmental law, focusing on litigation and federal agency regulations before federal courts and the Supreme Court. She holds degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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The record, in short

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Chief Justice Roberts argued the inactive Clean Power Plan posed potential harm

“Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion for this case, and his argument was actually that even though EPA had said that the Clean Power Plan was off the books, it didn't intend to go back to it wanted to start fresh, he argued that this rule was …”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 6:25 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

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Assertion Supported

Chief Justice Roberts argued the inactive Clean Power Plan posed potential harm

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 6:25 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

Assertion Supported

The West Virginia ruling limits EPA power established in Massachusetts v. EPA

“What the Supreme Court's decision does is limit the power that was recognized to regulate greenhouse gases under that Massachusetts versus EPA decision. That recognized that EPA was required to regulate greenhouse gases.”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 12:42 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

Opinion

Supreme Court's climate ruling is 'bad to pretty bad,' not disastrous

“I would say bad to pretty bad. I think mainly because it's definitely not the worst for EPA because it has that flexibility still to look at other solutions. It doesn't require only regulations that focus on the power plant itself, so that makes it less bad th…”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 13:46 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

Assertion Supported

Legal observers warned the Supreme Court EPA ruling risked being advisory

“We saw the states and a couple coal companies go to the Supreme Court and file individual petitions to have their case reheard, and there was a lot of skepticism, actually, that this case could actually make it to the court because there was no rule in place. …”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 5:42 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

Opinion

The Supreme Court ruling does not eliminate market-based emissions trading approaches

“Emissions trading is another approach that, you know, power plants can use credits to operate if they're emitting too much and use a marketplace kind of approach. Those kinds of things don't seem like they're off the table from this ruling.”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 9:46 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

Opinion

Restricting generation shifting may slow the pace of US emissions reductions

“So if generation shifting as a basis for a rule is off the table, it might make it harder for EPA to, and the US more broadly, to cut emissions at the pace that the Biden administration is looking to do.”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 11:41 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

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Supreme Court kept major questions scope consistent with FDA and CDC precedents

“That interpretation is very similar to what we saw with other recent cases. So can FDA regulate tobacco, or can CDC, for example, issue an eviction moratorium? And so we aren't seeing the court come out and broaden the scope of how it's looking at major questi…”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 14:42 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

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The Supreme Court invoked the major questions doctrine against the EPA

“So, what the Supreme Court said was that EPA had acted outside its authority under the Clean Air Act, To use generation shifting, which is shifting from fossil fuel based energy sources to renewable energy sources as sort of the foundation of its regulatory ap…”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 7:09 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

Assertion Not checkable as stated

DC Circuit ruling gave the Biden administration a regulatory clean slate

“What the DC Circuit ruling did was basically give the Biden administration a clean slate to start over and craft its own regulation.”

Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 5:00 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?	Jul 1, 2022	9m

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