GreenLatinos Statement Regarding SCOTUS Landmark Rulings

GreenLatinos condemns the US Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA, stating it undermines the EPA's ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and harms communities of color. The organization links this legal setback to broader human rights issues and climate-induced migration, calling on Congress to pass a $550 billion reconciliation package and invest in a just transition to renewable energy.

• The Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. EPA is viewed as a victory for fossil fuel interests that limits the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act, which GreenLatinos asserts will disproportionately affect low-income communities and people of color.
• Latino communities are particularly vulnerable to the effects of this ruling because two out of five Latinos live within 30 miles of a power plant and already face excessive pollution and health burdens.
• GreenLatinos urges the US Congress and Administration to mitigate the ruling by implementing stronger federal protections for fossil fuel emissions and passing a $550 billion reconciliation package to fund a just transition to renewable energy.
• The document connects the climate crisis to human migration tragedies, citing a specific event in San Antonio, TX, where over fifty migrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador died in a truck trailer, partly due to climate-induced environmental disasters forcing them from their homes.

APA

Magaña, M. (2022). GreenLatinos Statement Regarding SCOTUS Landmark Rulings. GreenLatinos. https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-regarding-scotus-landmark-rulings/

Chicago

Magaña, Mark. GreenLatinos Statement Regarding SCOTUS Landmark Rulings. GreenLatinos, 2022. https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-regarding-scotus-landmark-rulings/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{magaa2022greenlatinos, author = {Magaña, Mark}, title = {{GreenLatinos Statement Regarding SCOTUS Landmark Rulings}}, publisher = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2022}, month = jul, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-regarding-scotus-landmark-rulings/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }