polarbeargarage

I don't intend this to be a frivolous question, but if an action (say, dismantling the Clean Air Plan) has a negative impact on everyone who breathes, doesn't everyone with lungs have standing? Can a lawsuit be mounted on behalf of human life?

Surely the struggle to protect our air and water is something Americans of every party can support?Earthjustice has consistently and tirelessly advocated for the earth, the air, the water--against despoilers both red and blue.

Isn't clean air and water pretty much stuff everybody likes? The Endangered Species Act, the bald eagle, whatever Obama protected you consider a joke?

Perhaps the gain is multi-directional? The lawsuits serve to slow or tie the hands of wasters; the news of the lawsuits--especially in a nation whose federal government actively seeks to control information--is itself valuable, as we cannot fight what we do not see. Also the news damages the brand of the polluter, which will hurt him financially and may prompt him to reconsider. Good all round?

Is there a point at which the President's deliberate sacrifices of air quality & pollution controls constitute "high crimes" or "misdemeanors"? Is his effort to barter America's national monuments not "treason"? In short, is there a point at which merely keeping to his present course will justify impeachment?