Category: Clean Power Plan

Texas Joins Coalition Demanding Senate Reject Energy Bill They Say Undermines States’ Rights

September 27, 2022
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Texas has joined a Louisiana-led coalition of 17 state attorneys general opposing a rushed U.S. Senate bill they say would let the Biden administration “run roughshod over states’ rights” by advancing a “radically impractical energy agenda.” Meanwhile, the White House sees the legislation as enabling and connecting “clean energy” into the country’s electricity grid. Texas…

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Supreme Court Narrows EPA’s Ability to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions

June 30, 2022
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The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 this morning that the Clean Air Act does not give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) widespread power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions that a popular theory says contribute to global warming. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court’s majority opinion (pdf) in West Virginia v. EPA, court file 20-1530. Roberts was…

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Supreme Court hears 18-state challenge to EPA’s power under Clean Air Act

February 28, 2022
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The Supreme Court questioned on Feb. 28 how much authority the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should have to regulate and curb energy production in order to combat the effect of so-called climate change. The case is West Virginia v. EPA, court file 20-1530, which was consolidated with three other cases. The other cases are North American…

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Supreme Court Hears 19-State Challenge to EPA’s Power Under Clean Air Act

February 28, 2022
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The Supreme Court questioned on Feb. 28 how much authority the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should have to regulate and curb energy production in order to combat the effects of so-called climate change. The case is West Virginia v. EPA, court file 20-1530, which was consolidated with three other cases. The other cases are North American…

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