"Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power To Combat Climate Change"

"The decision risks putting the U.S. further off track from President Biden’s goal of running the power grid on clean energy by 2035".

"The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply cut back the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to reduce the carbon output of existing power plants, a blow to the Biden administration’s plans for combating climate change.

The ruling infuriated President Biden and environmentalists, who said it raised formidable obstacles to the United States meeting its climate goals, including the president’s goal of running the U.S. power grid on clean energy by 2035. “Another devastating decision that aims to take our country backwards,” Biden said.

But the Republican-led states that challenged the broad authority the EPA claimed said it was a dutiful examination of the Clean Air Act and a proper acknowledgment that Congress had not given such vast powers to the agency.

The vote was 6 to 3, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing for the court’s majority. And it reinforced an emerging view from its conservatives that too much power is vested in executive branch agencies that act without clear authority from Congress."

Robert Barnes and Dino Grandoni report for the Washington Post June 30, 2022 with Sarah Kaplan and Tyler Pager.

SEE ALSO:

"U.S. Supreme Court Limits Federal Power To Curb Carbon Emissions" (Reuters)

"The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling: A Loss of Authority for Federal Agencies or a Lesson for Conservatives in ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’?" (Inside Climate News)

"Power Plant Ruling Puts Legal Pin in Biden’s Climate Plans" (Bloomberg Environment)

"Biden Agenda Takes Hit From High Court Intent on Limiting It" (Bloomberg Environment)

"Explainer: Will U.S. Supreme Court EPA Ruling Rein In Federal Regulators?" (Reuters)

"Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change" (New York Times)

"E.P.A. Ruling Is Milestone in Long Pushback to Regulation of Business" (New York Times)

"Democrats: Supreme Court ‘Sentenced Our Planet To Death’" (E&E News)

"‘I Will Take Action’: Biden Responds to SCOTUS Climate Ruling" (E&E News)

"Supreme Court Climate Ruling May Chill Regulation" (E&E News)

"Explainer: Why Court’s EPA-climate Change Ruling Matters" (AP)

"Congressional Climate Hawks Demand Action After ‘Alarming’ Supreme Court Decision" (The Hill)

"West Virginia AG Calls Supreme Court EPA Ruling A ‘Huge Victory’" (The Hill)

"Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Upends Biden’s Environmental Agenda" (Washington Post)

"What You Need To Know About The Supreme Court’s EPA Case" (Washington Post)