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 t...
Supreme Court Backs EPA Decisions
“One of the reasons why the rule was stayed is because the court felt that EPA had not adequately addressed a particular concern raised by challengers … even though EPA had gone to extensive efforts to address many concerns around the rule, and even though the particular issue … had not ...
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...
‘solution to the crisis of the day,’ But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme in Section 111(d)," Chief Justice John Roberts said in the Court's opinion, referencing Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. "A decision of ...
In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said that the decision "turned back the clock" on the fight against climate change. "The Supreme Court sided with the fossil fuel industry, kneecapping the federal government's basic ability to tackle climate change," Newsom said. ...
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...
The court’s use of the “major questions” doctrine is likely to spur challenges to climate and energy regulations
In a closely watched environmental Clean Water Act (CWA) case, the US Supreme Court adopted a far narrower construction of CWA’s definition of “waters...