'Frightening': US Supreme Court deals major blow to federal climate action
Conservative majority has struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate CO2 from US power plants under Clean Air Act.
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Conservative majority has struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate CO2 from US power plants under Clean Air Act.
A Supreme Court’s decision limiting carbon emission regulations is putting Kansas political stances on environmental policy in the spotlight.
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The justices applied the "major questions" doctrine to determine that EPA does not have the authority to create a systemwide rule for power plant emissions.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton welcomed the ruling in favor of Republican-led states and coal companies that joined the suit.