What Brett Kavanaugh Could Mean for Climate Regulations at the Supreme Court

In his dozen years on the federal appeals court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has compiled an extensive record of skepticism toward the government’s powers to act on climate change, including the argument that Congress has given the EPA authority to do something about it. If he’s confirmed to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, that could harden the high court for the next generation as a blockade to climate action that isn’t explicitly mandated by Congress.