Supreme court case could restrict Biden’s effort to tackle climate crisis
by Oliver Milman from on (#5WF7P)
Court to hear West Virginia case that takes aim at EPA's ability to issue strict rules to curb pollution from fossil fuel power stations
Joe Biden's faltering effort to tackle the climate crisis faces a further, potentially devastating, blow on Monday in a supreme court case that experts warn could severely restrict any future US government attempt to limit planet-heating emissions.
The court has agreed to hear a case brought by West Virginia, supported by 18 other Republican-led states, that takes aim at the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to issue strict regulations to curb pollution from fossil fuel-fired power stations.
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