SCOTUS limits EPA's authority to regulate power plants' greenhouse gas emissions

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by grogu88 • 4 years ago

8 5 4 years ago

How is this anything other than SCOTUS carrying out Republican/conservative doctrine that would be legislatively toxic?

dreamdeath2• 4 years ago

I think some would argue that the interpretation that the EPA was arguing for was itself an agency carrying out a Democratic/liberal doctrine that would (currently) be legislatively toxic.

(And possibly both these statements are true? And what should be done about it, if anything?)

iostream24• 4 years ago

Congress gave the EPA broad powers thst the Supreme Court has now second-guessed and taken away.

Our children will remember this Supreme Court as evil incarnate

mikewarot• 4 years ago

The obvious tack is to start regulating the Arsenic and Uranium emissions, which should be an easy-peasy case that even the Supremes can't work around.

Burning coal of any form, in industrial quantities, releases huge quantities of toxins into the air. The EPA has a clear charter to protect public health by mandating almost perfect scrubbers.

SCOTUS limits EPA's authority to regulate power plants' greenhouse gas emissions

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