President Joe Biden convened a virtual meeting of some of the world’s largest economies to discuss the next steps on climate change on June 17, 2022. The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech ind...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
July 1, 2022 Energy & Climate Has the Supreme Court Blocked the Path to the 2030 Climate Target? In West Virginia v. EPA, the US Supreme Court constrained one of the most powerful regulatory tools for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In light of the ruling, does the US still have the...
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 latest regulation was a response to the court’s 2022 ruling, with the EPA saying it is now relying on its traditional regulatory approach of requiring companies to adopt the best available technologies. As issued in April, the regulation would force the nation’s existing coal-burning p...
新聞April 14, 2022 ABC News| Coal Country Digs In as US Supreme Court Weighs EPA Climate Power Kevin Minoliisquotedon the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the landmark environmental caseWest Virginia v. EPA. Kevin S. Minoli ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal Environmental Protection Agency does not have broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act, undermining the fight against climate change.
In a span of 11 months, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a one-two punch against the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to combat air and water pollution in twin rulings that cloud future EPA regulatory moves, according to legal experts. Rulings last week and in June 2022 con...