THE U.S. SUPREME Court overturned the Obama administration's landmark air quality rule, ruling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not properly consider the costs of the regulation. The rules took effect in April, but in its 5-4 ruling, the justices ruled that the EPA ...
The EPA also projected that no coal-fired plant would retire because of the rule. Additionally, the Biden administration warned that pausing the rule would harm downwind states and tribal communities that live near power plants. The Supreme Court's order follows a series of recent rulings that ...
States and industry groups had asked the Supreme Court to pause the EPA's rule that aims to curb emissions of methane from new and existing oil and gas facilities.
The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet. In the 6-3 decision that was n...
The high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has increasingly reined in the powers of federal agencies, including the EPA, in recent years. The justices have restricted EPA’s authority to fight air and water pollution, including a landmark 2022 ruling that limited EPA’s authority to ...
This summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting how theEnvironmental Protection Agencyregulates power plants could have far-reaching implications for other regulations, not only from the EPA but also from other agencies. 播放(k) In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA ...
In a statement, the EPA noted that court’s action was not a final decision. “The EPA is disappointed in today’s ruling, which will postpone the benefits that the Good Neighbor Plan is already achieving in many states and communities,” the EPA said. ...
“The only vehicle for the implementation of a significant climate policy is Congress, and the (Supreme Court) seems to be putting the ball in their court,” Rossetti said. Justices who differed with the two EPA rulings said the court had intruded upon the law-making role of Congress. ...
Supreme Court Ruling Creates More Standing Room in the Already Heated Global Greenhouse Gas MovementThis article reviews the recent April 2, 2007 Supreme Court decision in the Massachusetts v. EPA, a highly important case regarding greenhouse gases. The case centered on the Court's review of EPA...
America's supreme court has issued a momentous ruling—one that will have far-reaching consequences for the government's ability to curb the greenhouse-gas emissions. In West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency, the court sharply limited the EPA's power to regulate the millions of tonnes...