The Supreme Court accepted an invitation to revisit a legal doctrine that helps federal agencies defend environmental rules. This follows their decision to review a separate but nearly identical case, Loper Bright v. Raimondo, which challenges a NOAA Fisheries rule requiring herring operations to pay the salaries of on-board monitors to prevent overfishing. Conservative challengers have asked the Supreme Court to overrule or clarify the scope of the Chevron doctrine, a legal precedent established in 1984 that gives federal agencies like EPA leeway to interpret unclear statutes like the Clean Air Act. The justices have agreed to examine the Chevron question but have discarded arguments in each case. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will be able to participate in the Relentless proceedings, and the court has not yet scheduled arguments in Lopers Bright but said in the order that the justices will hear the cases sometime during their January 2024 sitting.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
