President JoeBiden issued a statement slamming Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that limits the EPA's authority to regulate power plants' greenhouse gas emissions.
The 6-3 ruling delivers a blow to Democratic and environmental groups that want the agency to crack down on emissions from power plants and other sources to mitigate climate change. In his statement, Biden vowed to fight back."The Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia vs. EPA is another devastating decision that aims to take our country backwards," he said.
The president noted that the Clean Air Act of 1970 has led to improved air quality over the last 52 years, cutting pollution by 78% even as the economy quadrupled in size. He blamed the Supreme Court decision on special interests. Legal experts described the case as a surprising one for the court to take on, considering it dealt with the merits of the Trump-era Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the Obama-era Clean Power Plan — neither of which Biden's administration has any stated interest in defending.
The decision to limit the EPA's authority to regulate power plant emissions constrains the agency's ability to act on Biden's agenda to slow climate change and get the ball rolling on his target of decarbonizing the power sector by 2035.
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