Supreme Court allows Biden EPA to enforce climate rules for power plants

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed President Joe Biden a surprise victory as it allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily enforce its rules regulating planet-warming pollution from power plants.

The justices denied the emergency request from more than 20 Republican state attorneys general and industry groups that asked for the new Biden power plant rules to be temporarily halted while a lower court challenge plays out.

The EPA’s new rules will compel existing coal and new natural gas power plants to either cut or capture 90% of their climate pollution by 2032. The rules are expected to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions from the sector by 75% compared to a peak in 2005.

Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch said in a brief statement that they believe the states and groups have “shown a strong likelihood” of success on the merits of at least some of their challenges. But, Kavanaugh wrote, because the agency’s rule didn’t require them to take any action until next year, there was no reason to rule in their favor right now on the court’s emergency docket.

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