The Supreme Court significantly limited the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a landmark ruling. The decision in West Virginia v. EPA effectively prevents the EPA from determining how the US generates its electricity, hindering efforts to transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources.
The Supreme Court just gutted a major policy tool the US might have used to tackle climate change . Its decision today on West Virginia v. Environment al Protection Agency essentially says that the EPA shouldn’t be allowed to determine whether the US gets its electricity from clean or dirty sources of energy. That derails previous efforts by the agency to transition the US away from fossil fuels to clean energy sources like wind and solar by regulating the power sector.
”' Since the 1970 Clean Air Act wasn’t written to grapple with climate change, and since Congress hasn’t passed legislation to get the grid running on clean energy, the EPA isn’t left with a whole lot of options in the wake of this court decision. What climate moves can the US make? Even so, the agency can still take some actions to cut greenhouse gas pollution — even if those actions aren’t as ambitious as the Obama administration originally intended.
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