When is a Win More than a Win?

The author highlights several 2020 court rulings that overturned Trump Administration environmental rollbacks, emphasizing that the U.S. EPA and Bureau of Land Management must prioritize science and public health over industry costs. The text argues these legal wins are critical for protecting marginalized communities, particularly Black and brown people and Tribal lands, from pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

• A federal district court on July 15, 2020, overturned the Trump Administration's repeal of Bureau of Land Management requirements that controlled methane releases during oil and gas production on federal and Tribal lands, ruling the repeal was unsupported by science and ignored costs to public health and the global climate.
• On July 10, 2020, an appeals court ruled that the U.S. EPA's implementation of national ozone smog rules prioritized minimizing industry costs over science, leading the court to order a redo of dirty air boundaries in 11 counties across Texas and Michigan.
• The D.C. Circuit court struck down the Administration's attempt to remove scientific advisory boards, finding that the EPA provided no legitimate reason for ceasing its reliance on top experts for science-based decisions.
• The author contends that the Trump Administration consistently prioritized industry interests over legal and scientific mandates, citing proposals to require formal cost-benefit analysis for Clean Air Act rulemaking and the decision to reverse regulations on coal- and oil-fired power plants.

APA

Weeks, A. (2020). When is a Win More than a Win? Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2020/07/when-is-a-win-more-than-a-win/

Chicago

Weeks, Ann. When is a Win More than a Win? Clean Air Task Force, 2020. https://www.catf.us/2020/07/when-is-a-win-more-than-a-win/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{weeks2020when, author = {Weeks, Ann}, title = {{When is a Win More than a Win?}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2020}, month = jul, url = {https://www.catf.us/2020/07/when-is-a-win-more-than-a-win/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }