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 coalreliantstates and two coal producers urged the U.S. Supreme Courton Feb. 28 to restore a Trump-era carbon rule that mandated potentiallife-extending upgrades for old plants.Lawyers for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and acoalition of electric utilities contended that doing so would requirethe court to ignore more wide-ranging emissions reduction measuresthe U.S. power industry has long relied upon to comply with Clean AirAct rules.