US supreme court signals it may restrict EPA’s ability to fight climate crisis

Roberts suggests states could claim harm from laws not yet enacted

• Opinion: the supreme court has climate change in its sights

Several conservative justices on the US supreme court signaled on Monday that they may be willing to restrict the federal government's ability to address the climate crisis.

In a case that could have profound implications for those affected by the crisis, the supreme court considered an argument brought by West Virginia, a major coal mining state, that the US Environmental Protection Agency be limited in how it regulates planet-heating gases from the energy sector.