Post AL20EkGz2BiCp2pAJM by ClintBarton@democracy.town
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 (DIR) Post #AL20EkGz2BiCp2pAJM by ClintBarton@democracy.town
       2022-06-30T14:57:45Z
       
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       This just pisses me off ...The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply cut back the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to reduce the carbon output of existing power plants, a blow to President Biden’s commitment to battle #climatechange.West Virginia v. EPA is the latest battle pitting the coal industry and Republican-led states against a Democratic administration that proposes sweeping changes to the way the nation’s power sector produces electricity, the nation’s second-largest source of climate-warming pollution.Justice Elena Kagan wrote ...“Today, the Court strips the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the power Congress gave it to respond to ‘the most pressing environmental challenge of our time,’ ” (1of2)
       
 (DIR) Post #AL20ElmDRYHzUCRcdE by ClintBarton@democracy.town
       2022-06-30T15:00:47Z
       
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       Justice Roberts wrote “Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day,’ ” Referring to a court precedent. “But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme.”We need rules to avert climate disaster .... VOTE!!!!!!!(2 of 2)