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Supreme Court Allows Rule Limiting Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants

"WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Biden administration regulation aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out.

The justices rejected a push from Republican-led states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency rule, marking the third time this month the conservative majority has left an environmental regulation in place for now.

One justice, Clarence Thomas, publicly dissented.

Two other conservative justices, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, said in a brief order they thought the challengers would likely win on at least some of their claims eventually. But the rule doesn’t need to be blocked now because compliance work wouldn’t have to begin until June 2025 and the case could end up back before the high court relatively quickly, Kavanaugh wrote."

Lindsay Whitehurst reports for the Associated Press October 16, 2024.

SEE ALSO:

"Supreme Court Allows E.P.A. to Limit Power Plant Emissions" (New York Times)

"Supreme Court Clears Way For Biden’s Plan To Cut Power Plant Emissions" (Washington Post)

Source: AP, 10/17/2024