EPA plan to reduce power plant emissions halted by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday announced a ruling that amounts to a setback for an Obama administration initiative to combat climate change by limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants.
In a 5-to-4 decision, the court said that when it enacted the regulation, the EPA had failed to do a cost-benefit analysis – something the justices cited under the Clean Air Act’s requirement that regulations be “appropriate and necessary.”