Bracewell’s Jeff Holmstead told E&E News that he would be surprised if the new Trump administration moves ahead in repealing the landmark decree that greenhouse gases threaten public health, noting that even some conservative judges have noted in opinions that they believe climate change is a serious issue.
“I’m pretty conservative on various regulatory issues, but I think they would waste a ton of time on something that would probably not stand up in court,” Holmstead said, adding that the Supreme Court has a history of not overruling decisions that deal with statutory interpretations.
Holmstead also noted that critics already have identified a number of what he called “crazily expensive” Biden climate initiatives. The incoming administration “is not going to be able to overturn those things if they’re spending all of their time and political capital on trying to overturn the endangerment finding,” he said.
