This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a ruling that court observers said was “really extraordinary” and achieved through “a procedural strangeness,” the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal plan to reduce air pollution that blows across state lines. The 5-4 decision from the court’s conservative justices halts, for now, the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor” rule and its stringent smokestack emissions requirements on power plants and other industrial sources.
After Epa Ruling, Environmentalists Deem Supreme Court “no Longer Neutral”
Akielly Hu, Mother Jones
Sat, 06/29/2024 - 3:00am
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