Americas > UPDATE – US Supreme Court dramatically weakens EPA ability to regulate CO2 emissions

UPDATE – US Supreme Court dramatically weakens EPA ability to regulate CO2 emissions

Published 15:56 on June 30, 2022  /  Last updated at 08:57 on July 1, 2022  / William Koblensky Varela /  Americas, US

The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the EPA cannot pursue generation shifting and cap-and-trade as a means to reduce power sector CO2 emissions, in what critics described as a massive blow for President Joe Biden’s climate change mitigation efforts. 
The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the EPA cannot pursue generation shifting and cap-and-trade as a means to reduce power sector CO2 emissions, in what critics described as a massive blow for President Joe Biden’s climate change mitigation efforts. 


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