'Frightening': US Supreme Court deals major blow to federal climate action

Michael Holder
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US Supreme Court | Credit: iStock
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US Supreme Court | Credit: iStock

Conservative majority on the Court strikes down Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate CO2 from US power plants under Clean Air Act

The US Supreme Court has today ruled the federal government and its agencies do not have the authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act, in a landmark opinion that...

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