The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by states including coal producer West Virginia and industry groups to limit federal power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants under a landmark environmental law. The court’s decision to take up the case could complicate efforts by President Joe Biden’s administration to issue new and more stringent regulations under the Clean Air Act aimed at reducing emissions linked to global climate change. About 20 states and various industry groups including coal interests had appealed a lower court’s ruling striking down a regulation issued by Republican former President Donald Trump’s administration intended to constrain the regulation of carbon emissions from power plants. The ruling was made in January 2021 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Those states and groups have opposed regulating carbon emissions under the Clean […]

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