The Supreme Court has made it harder to address climate change and to protect consumers | Opinion - PennLive
The Supreme Court has made it harder to address climate change and to protect consumers | Opinion - pennlive.com
The Supreme Court’s decision to limit federal agencies’ rulemaking authority has broad and dangerous implications for not only the United States but for the world.
Many U.S. rules and regulations have global ramifications, from economic to environmental, by setting an example or codifying a global commitment. It should be noted that government regulations are not intended, as many on the right claim, to limit individual liberties. They are enacted to protect the people, and defined by experts in the respective fields with collective centuries of institutional knowledge.
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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.