The U.S. Supreme Court heard a case this week that could have huge implications for all sorts of state climate regulations. But the arguments in court on Tuesday didn’t actually center on the environment. They were about pigs
Demonstrators with PETA gather outside the Supreme Court of the United States as the high court hears oral arguments on a California law mandating better treatment of animals in food production being challenged by the pork industry, on Oct. 11, 2022 in Washington, DC.he U.S. Supreme Court heard a case this week that could have huge implications for all sorts of stateregulations, from clean electricity mandates to vehicle fuel standards.
But almost anything a state does is likely to have some impact on commerce in other states so there’re some important limitations to how courts have applied the dormant commerce clause to disputes over state law. In this case, the pork industry is asking the court to apply the dormant commerce clause to a broader set of scenarios.This Vermont Utility Is Revolutionizing Its Power Grid to Fight Climate Change.
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