CHC Chair Statement on SCOTUS Decision Against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
For Immediate Release
Thursday, June 30, 2022
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CHC Chair Statement on SCOTUS Decision Against the Enviormnetal Protection Angecy (EPA)
Washington, D.C. – "Today's decision by right-wing justices on the Supreme Court halts years of progress toward cleaner air and responding to climate change. The right-wing Supreme Court decision to curb the EPA's authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants will disproportionately harm underserved communities. It will make the air our kids breathe dirtier and increase asthma rates in our communities," said Chair Dr. Ruiz.
"Our planet cannot wait. Our communities cannot wait. Future generations cannot wait. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) will continue to fight with urgency to pass environmental justice legislation that protects communities who already bear the brunt of climate change and rising greenhouse gas emissions."
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. The CHC is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories.