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Jun 30 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
It's hard to put into words what it feels like to be a young person reading the news of today's SCOTUS decision. Our lives will be defined by a crisis that our government refuses to address.

But what does WV v. EPA mean and where do we go from here? 🧵
What did the Court decide today?

They sided with the fossil fuel industry to limit the EPA's ability to use the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions coming from power plants.

The EPA can still regulate emissions but its power is significantly reduced.
What does the WV vs EPA ruling mean for the climate?

It's a bad decision that will have serious consequences, but it's not the end. The @WhiteHouse and @TheDemocrats still have plenty of options to take action and fight for our generation
Make no mistake, this decision will mean an intensifying climate crisis. Fossil fuel billionaires have been plotting this for decades.

A Supreme Court that sides with the fossil fuel industry over the health and safety of its people is anti-life and beyond broken
What can Democratic Leadership do?

A lot! @POTUS needs to take executive action now to stop fossil fuel development and more directly regulate emissions.

Congress could pass legislation expanding the court and restoring the EPA's ability to push us to a 100% fossil-free future
What can we do?

The fossil fuel industry is hoping that after this ruling we will lose hope. We need to show them how wrong they are.

Let's keep organizing, building power in our communities, and demanding a #GreenNewDeal in our cities and states.
Take that first step tonight and join our panel on what comes next after the EPA ruling.

We will not stop fighting. Young people will organize and build an unstoppable movement for a Green New Deal. We still believe that one day, we will win.

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Decisions like WV vs. EPA make it clear just how much the system is rigged against us.

A Supreme Court that sides with the fossil fuel industry over the health and safety of its people is anti-life and illegitimate.
This is the result of an organized, decades-long effort by the right. The Supreme Court was bought and paid for by GOP extremists.
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The Democratic establishment continues to outcast young, BIPOC, and working-class people.

@KinaCollinsIL deserves this seat.
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We need new leadership and they are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening. And it will cost them.
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The American Rescue Plan - passed by Congress and signed by @JoeBiden will bring badly needed relief to millions of families and begin the long road of recovery from the pandemic.

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The GOP can't even condemn the elements of their party that openly rejected the results of an election and incited a violent insurrection.

The time for bipartisanship has long passed, because the GOP has never wanted it.

Let's take a trip down memory lane.
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How did Mitch and the GOP embrace "bipartisanship"?
“The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president”

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Good! Until the Republican Party deal with those in their own ranks who incited an attempted coup, who spread anti-semitic conspiracy theories, and who say Democratic politicians should be EXECUTED, The Democrats shouldn't even be reaching out to them.

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