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West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency , 597 U.S. 697 (2022), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court relating to the Clean Air Act , and the extent to which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can regulate carbon dioxide emissions related to climate change .
Jul. 1—West Virginia lawmakers and state officials were applauding a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that limits how the nation's main air pollution laws can be used to reduce power plants ...
Court(s) of decision(s) Year(s) of decision(s) A-G v Geothermal Produce: General environment: pollution from pesticide spray: Court of Appeal of New Zealand: 1987 Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation v. EPA: Air: authority to overrule state decisions about technology: Supreme Court of the United States: 2004 Aldred's Case: Aesthetics ...
On June 30, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court rules in West Virginia v. EPA that Congress did not grant the EPA in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act the authority to devise emissions caps based on the generation shifting approach the Agency took in the Clean Power Plan. West Virginia v. EPA: August 2022
(In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Massachusetts v. EPA that the EPA is required to regulate carbon dioxide because it causes climate change, and the Clean Air Act mandates that the agency ...
The Supreme Court decided West Virginia v. EPA, limiting the federal agency's ability to regulate power plant emissions. How the WV v EPA Supreme Court decision will impact Georgia power plants
West Virginia and 12 states had filed a petition for an emergency stay. [58] [59] On August 3, 2015, the EPA had announced the final rule for the Clean Power Plan. [60] On August 14, 2015, California and 15 states had filed a petition in support of the Clean Power Plan. [61] West Virginia et al. v. EPA (request to deny implementation of Clean ...
A Thursday ruling by the Supreme Court significantly curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to restrict emissions from power plants under a 2014 rule, but the agency still retains ...