With heightened pleas from the scientific community to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, legal challenges to environmental regulations have taken on renewed importance. Last term, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the landmark environmental case, West Virginia v. EPA. [1] The case has vast implications for climate action– the ruling could fundamentally dismantle the federal government’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. [2] However, while the Court’s decision has been strongly rebuked by many, the larger question surrounding it remains whether the Court should have issued a decision at all. The U.S. Supreme Court has historically heard and ruled on cases only where they would resolve a standing injury or harm by ruling on a given case. [3]

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