EPA announces plan to further slash emissions from climate super-pollutants
The latest proposal comes about a month after the Senate voted to ratify a global treaty that calls for gradually reducing the use and production of the chemicals.
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More than 30 years after the last major update of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has upended the ability of Congress to give the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies broad scope to combat air pollution, including the emission of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, further Biden administration efforts to limit emissions face opposition in the courts.