US Supreme Court mulls scope of EPA’s Clean Air Act authority, ‘major questions’

摘要

In a case with far-reaching implications, attorneys representing coalreliant states and two coal producers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 28 to restore a Trump-era carbon rule that mandated potential life-extending upgrades for old plants. Lawyers for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a coalition of electric utilities contended that doing so would require the court to ignore more wide-ranging emissions reduction measures the U.S. power industry has long relied upon to comply with Clean Air Act rules.