Supreme Court Limits Power of EPA, Thwarting Biden Administration's Ability to Combat Climate Change
Coal fired power plant.Photo: Getty The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants. The ruling inWest Virginia v. the Environmental Protection Agencyis an indication that the EPA — the agency tasked with protecting human health and the environment — could see its powers severely limited. The White House has long argued that the Clean Air Act gives the EPA broad powers to regulate emissions, though many Republican lawmakers have argued the opposite: that the federal government has no authority to regulate power plants and only Congress should decide on questions ofsignificant political or economic importance....