Supreme Court to Decide EPA Authority to Weigh Costs of RegsDebra Cassens WeissAba Journal
and this ruling from the Supreme Court will have lasting consequences in our ability to protect our communities from climate change," Thompson said. "This decision is deeply concerning, and further delegitimizes the Supreme Court in the eyes of the American public." ...
LOS ANGELES, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Thursday to limit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions on greenhouse gases poses another blow to U.S. President Joe Biden's administration's already stalled climate agenda, experts have said. The six-to-thre...
In the 6-3 decision that was narrowly tailored to the Environmental Protection Agency, the court ruled Thursday that the EPA does not have broad authority to reduce power plant emissions that contribute to global warming. The precedent is widely expected to invite chall...
The Supreme Court's decision leaves intact a December 2010 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that held the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. No. 110-140) implicitly authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to establish mandates ...
SUPREME COURT DEALS BIDEN CLIMATE AGENDA SERIOUS BLOW WITH EPA DECISION The decision has more far-reaching implications than sending the EPA back to the drawing board, however. As the Court said, "this is a major questions case." What that means is thatmajor questions of public policycan’t...
Supreme Court Rules EPA Has Statutory Authority To Regulate Greenhouse GasesSanjay Ranchod
A look at the good neighbor rule and the implications of the court decision. What is the ‘good neighbor’ rule? The EPA adopted the rule as a way to protect downwind states that receive unwanted air pollution from other states. Besides the potential health impacts from out-of-state pollutio...
The decision from the conservative court is the latest to target the authority of the EPA to police pollution. On the final day of its term last year, the high courtlimited the agency's powerto regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, dealing a blow to efforts to combat climate...
In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA that the agency cannot issue sweeping rules that place broad restrictions on the power industry, saying the regulations in question went beyond the authority that the Clean Air Act had delegated to the agency. ...