The Supreme Court just stripped the EPA of its ability to regulate emissions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The case, West Virginia v. EPA, saw a challenge brought to the federal government's ability to regulate emissions from utility companies.
50% : The decision found that the EPA cannot force electric utilities to transition away from fossil fuel energy and embrace clean energy alternatives like wind and solar.
47% : The Supreme Court's conservative majority issued a 6-3 ruling Thursday to significantly roll back the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate air pollution.
42% : The ruling greatly restricts the ability of the EPA set carbon emissions caps, which will make it more difficult for the agency curb tailpipe emissions -- which will make it harder to reduce emissions from transportation, the largest source of greenhouse gases in the country.

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