By restricting the ways in which the Environmental Protection Agency can devise its guidelines, the Supreme Court has considerably depleted the climate toolbox
, it has issued yet another momentous ruling—one that will have far-reaching consequences for the government’s ability to curb the greenhouse-gas emissions that are heating the planet.epa
In his majority opinion, joined by all five of his conservative colleagues, Chief Justice John Roberts described the Clean Power Plan, the Obama-era regulatory regime at issue, as an “unheralded” scheme affecting “a significant portion of the American economy”.
Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent expressed frustration with the majority’s attitude towards “the most pressing environmental challenge of our time”. She noted, in an overview of the threats posed by climate change, that “if the current rate of emissions continues, children born this year could live to see parts of the Eastern seaboard swallowed by the ocean.”
American fossil-fuel power plants are one of the largest sources of emissions in the country and in the world. They emitted 1.55bn tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, more than many high-emitting countries. Coal-fired power plants accounted for half of that.
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