Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to continue enforcing for now a new rule that set more stringent standards on emissions of mercury and other toxic metals from coal-fired power plants. The court declined a request for emergency relief sought by ...
Supreme Court to give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to regulate carbon emissions in motor vehicles. The Court claims that the decision was based on the Clean Air Act ...
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 challen...
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 decision has prevented the EPA from enforcing its "good neighbor" rule, which aims to limit air pollution emissions from out-of-state sources affecting downwind states. The rule targets smokestack emissions from power plants and industrial sources that contribute to smog-causing po...
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.
Supreme Court blocks EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ plan to limit air pollution from power plants The rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution. ...
But the court was persuaded by President Joe Biden’s administration, which argued that delaying the rule would “cause irreparable harm to the government and the public by permitting irretrievable emissions of carbon dioxide in the meantime.” ...
The court’s 6-3 ruling restricted the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from existing coal- and gas-fired power plants under the landmark Clean Air Act anti-pollution law.
“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 ...