keep an eye on WEST VIRGINIA V. EPA
Posted by
cypresstx on 6/26/2022, 12:24 pm
it was consolidated with 3 other cases - the Supremes may be getting ready to hobble the EPA via this ruling soon to be handed down - it could affect EPA's ability to regulate greehouse gas emissions. Remember this is the EPA Rick Perry said he would dismantle ...
Oral arguments were Feb 28th - on pg 5 here, shows all the consolidated cases names: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/21grantednotedlist.pdf
2-hr audio of oral arguements available here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2021/20-1530
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_v._EPA
from https://publichealth.gwu.edu/content/experts-available-supreme-court-ruling-west-virginia-v-epa:
WASHINGTON (June 22, 2022)—The Supreme Court is expected to rule on West Virginia v. the Environmental Protection Agency in a case that could limit EPA's ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Environmental and legal experts say that if the High Court decides to reduce the agency's ability to set emission standards for greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide the impact would be profound. Such pollutants fuel climate change and can lead to extreme weather events including heat waves. They also can lead to widespread public health harms including a rise in asthma and other life threatening health problems.
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"The outcome of this case could have serious consequences for the government's ability to set emissions standards for major greenhouse gas sources across the US," Anenberg said. "We are already seeing the public health damages from climate change, and these health impacts will grow in the future unless emissions are reduced dramatically."
from https://www.opb.org/article/2022/06/21/supreme-court-decisions-coming-this-term/
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency is all about the federal government's ability to create environmental regulations. The challengers are a group of 27 Republican attorneys general, many from states with traditions in the fossil fuel industry, including West Virginia.
Essentially, they argue that the executive branch of government – which includes the EPA – should not be allowed to set rules and regulations around greenhouse gas emissions. Rather, it should be Congress to do so, they say.
Neither of the actual regulations at the heart of the case – the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, and the Trump-era Affordable Clean Energy rule – are currently in effect.
Despite that, a wide-ranging ruling could weaken the federal government's ability to combat climate change by regulating greenhouse gas emissions. |
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