U.S. Supreme Court curbs EPA's ability to fight climate change

[onthedarkside]

 

(CNN)  The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration's attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming.

 

In addition, the court cut back agency authority in general invoking the so-called "major questions" doctrine -- a ruling that will impact the federal government's authority to regulate in other areas of climate policy, as well as regulation of the internet and worker safety.

 

The decision issued Thursday will send shockwaves across the federal government, threatening agency action that comes without clear congressional authorization.

 

The ruling was 6-3. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the conservative majority, with the three liberal justices dissenting.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/politics/supreme-court-climate-change-epa-regulations/index.html

 

 

[Bluespunk]

33 minutes ago, onthedarkside said:

The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants,

Idiots. 

[ozimoron]

The 6-3 ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency limited the federal government's ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, which Kagan lamented in her dissent had weakened “the power to respond to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”

"The subject matter of the regulation here makes the Court’s intervention all the more troubling," she wrote. "Whatever else this Court may know about, it does not have a clue about how to address climate change.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/west-virginia-v-epa/

[Chomper Higgot]

The SCOTUS is begging to be reformed.

[FarAway]

Awesome. Freedom. At least in some parts of the world common sense remains and is not being overcalled by "scientists" that are certainly on a payroll to follow a specific agenda to curb the freedoms of people.

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3 hours ago, FarAway said:

Awesome. Freedom. At least in some parts of the world common sense remains and is not being overcalled by "scientists" that are certainly on a payroll to follow a specific agenda to curb the freedoms of people.

Thank you for sharing with us so many verifiable facts in such a short comment.

[KhunLA]

Thank You SCOTUS

[pegman]

I've got the feeling the religious clique now in control has just started in rolling back the clock. 

[BritManToo]

8 hours ago, ozimoron said:

"The subject matter of the regulation here makes the Court’s intervention all the more troubling," she wrote. "Whatever else this Court may know about, it does not have a clue about how to address climate change.

I don't think anyone knows how to address climate change.

Shutting down all the power stations in the world won't help anyone.

The EPA were formed to stop big companies polluting the air, water and countryside with toxic substances, not to try and control a harmless gas, CO2, even if it were possible.  

 

IMHO the Supreme Court were right to restrict the actions of an 'out of control' Federal bureau that has twisted and perverted it's original mandate in an attempt to follow liberal political policies.  

Edited July 1, 2022 by BritManToo

[Bkk Brian]

Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington's authority makes the fight against climate change harder, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said

[BritManToo]

26 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington's authority makes the fight against climate change harder, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said

Can something that is impossible be made harder?

[Chomper Higgot]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I don't think anyone knows how to address climate change.

Shutting down all the power stations in the world won't help anyone.

The EPA were formed to stop big companies polluting the air, water and countryside with toxic substances, not to try and control a harmless gas, CO2, even if it were possible.  

 

IMHO the Supreme Court were right to restrict the actions of an 'out of control' Federal bureau that has twisted and perverted it's original mandate in an attempt to follow liberal political policies.  

A bit of hyperbole, nobody is trying to shut down all power stations.

 

Followed by climate change denial tropes. 
 

But yes, sadly, tackling climate change is left to Liberals and progressives, the rightwing having abandoned science and the environment.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 hours ago, pegman said:

I've got the feeling the religious clique now in control has just started in rolling back the clock. 

Time to roll back the religious clique.

[Bkk Brian]

43 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Can something that is impossible be made harder?

I strictly adhere to this maxim when I come across a comment like yours:

 

Do Not Feed The Climate Trolls

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-not-feed-the-climate-trolls

 

Edited July 1, 2022 by Bkk Brian

[Chomper Higgot]

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I strictly adhere to this maxim when I come across a comment like yours:

 

Do Not Feed The Climate Trolls

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-not-feed-the-climate-trolls

 

Excellent.