The U.S. Supreme Court is trying a case between West Virginia and the EPA, and it could send waves through the American climate regulatory system. Several legal observers have questioned whether the states and coal interests even have a legal right to bring this case before the Supreme Court. A Supreme Court decision in this case is expected sometime this summer. On Monday, February 28, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of West Virginia vs the Environmental Protection Agency, sponsored by Republican-led states along with coal mining interests. There are two main questions before the court. First, does the US Supreme Court even have jurisdiction to resolve this question, and does the lower court’s decision on appeal here violate the so-called major questions doctrine, which holds that if Congress wants to delegate broad powers to federal administrative agencies it must do so clearly? How the […]