06/28/2024
Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce will have lasting, harmful effects. It will leave wildlife, public health, and communities like yours vulnerable to decisions driven by a patchwork of judges across the country rather than science.
If we don’t act to overcome the effects of today’s ruling, wildlife and people will face a harsher world with fewer of the vital protections that we fought long and hard to achieve. Will you sign our petition and join our fight to ensure science-based, common-sense policies?
YES, I WILL JOIN THE FIGHT!
https://support.nwf.org/page/email/click/10033/2657050?email=fdqS4F4NeJ7hwSEY9DcaoUDLqKySp0jT&campid=z3AfrWwrdI6ZkArzVWMSmA==
The decision in Loper and Relentless dramatically weakens the Chevron deference, a forty-year-old precedent that prioritized the expertise of scientists and experts at government agencies when interpreting the law.
Here’s what we’re facing: in the short term, we expect to see a deluge of new lawsuits intended to weaken and undermine longstanding, beneficial, and popular environmental protections. In the long term, the impacts go far beyond the case in question—it could severely limit agencies' ability to protect public health, address pollution, protect our waters and our ecosystems, preserve wildlife, and so much more.
That’s why we’re coming to you today for your support for our critical work defending science-based regulations that benefit the air, lands, and waters we all share. People and wildlife across the country are depending on us. Please add your name to our petition standing up for science today.
Responding will mean fighting back against bad-faith actors who will continue to exploit the uncertainty resulting from this decision to undermine long-standing protections for our air, lands, and waters and the wildlife and communities that rely on them. And it will mean working at the local, state, and federal levels to create stronger, clearer protections.
If we can’t overcome the impact of this decision, the burdens of these new risks it introduces will fall first and hardest on people who can least afford it — Indigenous communities, communities of color, and frontline communities already suffering.
Can all the people and wildlife who depend on common-sense policies based on expert opinions count on your support? By adding your name, you’re joining our fight for science-based regulations from the halls of Congress to your living room. Will you stand with us to protect both people and wildlife?
With your help, we will keep fighting to protect these vulnerable communities and wildlife against these new threats.
Abby Tinsley
Sincerely,
Abby Tinsley
Vice President for Conservation Policy
National Wildlife Federation
The recent Supreme Court ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce will have lasting, harmful effects. It will leave wildlife, public health, and communities like yours vulnerable to decisions driven by a patchwork of judges across the country rath...
