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June 24, 2014

Supreme Court Largely Upholds Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules 
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The U.S. Supreme Court has largely upheld the Obama administration's
limits on greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet. In a
7-to-2 decision, the court ruled the Environmental Protection Agency
could regulate power plants and other stationary sources of greenhouse
gas emissions as long as they already require permits for other types of
pollution. Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said the
ruling allows the EPA to regulate 83 percent of such emissions, compared
to the 86 percent the agency sought to regulate.

 

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