788 - SCOTUS—Not The EPA—Is Now Regulating Environmental Protection

Public Health On Call

About this episode:

Environmental protection has a long history of entanglement with the court system. But the supermajority conservative Supreme Court could now become the primary influence in how water, air, and chemicals are regulated, displacing evidence and recommendations from scientists. From the Good Neighbor Rule to the Chevron case, SCOTUS is disempowering environmental protection at a time when the U.S. desperately needs better and more informed regulation for things like air quality, forever chemicals, and major impacts on climate change.

Guests:

Dr. Tom Burke is an emeritus professor at Johns Hopkins and a former top official with the Environmental Protection Agency in the Obama administration.

Host:

Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the largest center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Show links and related content:

• Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (pdf)—Supreme Court of the United States

• Why The Supreme Court Ruling on The EPA Isn’t The End of Fighting Climate Change (2022)—Public Health On Call archives

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