The Supreme Court may throttle Joe Biden’s plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions
The justices seem inclined to curtail the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority
ON FEBRUARY 28TH a report by a United Nations panel of experts warned of “irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems” from the continued emission of greenhouse gases. That same day America’s Supreme Court considered how robust a role the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has in reducing carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act, a landmark pollution-control law passed in 1963.
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United States March 5th 2022
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