The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday morning in West Virginia v. EPA, where red states and coal companies are asking the Court to dramatically limit the agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Legal experts were stunned that the Court took up this case in the first place, since both agency rules in question, one from the Obama administration and its replacement from the Trump EPA, are no longer operational. The Biden administration asked the Court not to take up the case over the defunct rules, saying that it’s working on a replacement that will likely inspire more litigation then anyway.
The Court didn’t listen. That struck court watchers as ominous, perhaps signaling that the conservative justices are too eager to curtail the EPA’s power to wait.
I guess we know how Ginni will vote. I fear there’ll be at least four other votes for the hobbling of common sense.
Just as yet another apocalyptic climate report is released. Science versus greed. Guess the winner.
“Hears Effort” is misleading - the headline should be simplified to “Supreme Court to Cripple EPA”.
Throw all of the hounds the abortion steak to distract them while the real work gets done.
On the upside, it won’t matter once everything is irradiated.
“Supreme Court Hears Effort To Cripple EPA On Climate Change”
Well, this should be rich, right?
Another opportunity for the right wing Injustices to cripple the federal government. Yippee! Yeah, let’s make protection of the environment a state responsibility only! Why, that liberal freedom-stealing EPA was founded by that notorious commie-rat Democrat, Richard Nixon.
Oh, wait.