Supreme Court to rule on the EPA’s authority

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, potentially hampering the Obama administration’s bid to tackle global warming. The court ruled in 2007 that the Clean Air Act required the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases, but this week accepted petitions brought by energy producers eager to roll back that mandate. “The EPA is seeking to regulate U.S. manufacturing in a way that Congress never planned,” said Harry Ng of the American Petroleum Institute. Climate activists were heartened, however, when the court declined to examine other EPA policies, such as stricter fuel-economy standards for cars.

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