Dr Michael Mann on WV v EPA: “What’s changed isn’t the law, it’s the makeup of SCOTUS”

  • Published on July 5th, 2022

I discussed WV v EPA, the new SCOTUS decision undermining EPA’s ability to regulate carbon pollution with, Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez at CNN Newsroom.

By Dr Michael Mann

“What’s changed isn’t the law, it’s the makeup of a (Supreme) Court, ..that continues to revoke our fundamental rights,…including the right to a liveable planet.”

(p.s. and yeah, my background was mirrored (my fault))

About the Author

Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC). Dr. Mann was a Lead Author on the Observed Climate Variability and Change chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report in 2001 and was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003. He has received a number of honors and awards including NOAA's outstanding publication award in 2002 and selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002.