The US Supreme Court on Thursday limited the federal government’s power to comprehensively regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. This ruling undermines it Joe Biden The President’s Plans to Fight Climate Change May Limit Various Environmental Agencies on Other Issues – Reuters reports.
The court’s 6-3 ruling limits the EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal and gas-fired power plants. The Biden administration is currently creating new regulations.
The six conservatives on the court held the majority in the decision, while the three liberals disagreed. Biden called the result “another devastating decision designed to rein in the country.”
Because it raises new legal questions about the big decisions made by federal agencies. Conservative majorities on the court have indicated doubts about expansive federal regulatory powers. Not to mention that if America’s environmental measures become more modest, they will affect the entire planet, not just the United States.
