Supreme Court halts Obama carbon emissions rule
In another blow to the Obama administration’s regulatory agenda, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the EPA’s regulations limiting carbon emissions.
The justices ordered all enforcement of the sweeping plan to limit fossil-fuel use for the sake of climate change until all legal disputes have been decided.
The case had been brought by 27 states and industry opponents that denounced the EPA’s regulations as “an unprecedented power grab.”
The Supreme Court action likely ends the regulations’ possibilities of taking effect before the Obama administration leaves office. A federal appellate court, which had refused to put the regulations on hold itself while the legal fight was ongoing, has scheduled hearings for June 2.
The surprising move on Tuesday is a blow to the administration and a victory for the coalition of 27 mostly Republican-led states and industry opponents that call the regulations “an unprecedented power grab.”
By temporarily freezing the rule the high court’s order signals that opponents have made a strong argument against the plan. A federal appeals court last month refused to put it on hold.
The plan aims to stave off the worst predicted impacts of climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions at existing power plants by about one-third by 2030.
Appellate arguments are set to begin June 2.
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