Divided Supreme Court Upholds Virginia’s Ban on Uranium Mining

United States Supreme Court (Front L-R) Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Jr., (Back L-R) Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh in the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 30, 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A fractured Supreme Court handed environmentalists a victory June 17 at the expense of the nuclear power industry, upholding Virginia’s 37-year-old ban on uranium mining in the state.

Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring, a Democrat, told reporters the ruling was a “big win for the health and safety of Virginians and our environment.”