Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[crazy canuck]

Before the US Supreme Court changed the Chevron test, I would have said this decision would certainly have been quashed by the court.  But now I am not so sure. 

[The Brain]

Weird to have scientific findings as political decisions.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Before the US Supreme Court changed the Chevron test, I would have said this decision would certainly have been quashed by the court.  But now I am not so sure. 

I don't understand.  My understanding of Chevron is that the decision, and resulting "Chevron deference", defended a similar action by the EPA against a challenge by an environmental group.  I would assume reversing that deference would make it easier to challenge this (though I think it won't matter either way with this court).

[crazy canuck]

Under the new test the judge gets to decide whether the decision is reasonable - the Chevron test required the judge to determine whether the reasons for making the decision were reasonable.  The reasons for making this decision would not have withstood scrutiny.