The Supreme Court's EPA ruling may spell doom for US climate goals

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Today, the court voted 6-3 to limit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants.
55% : In 2020, the US electric power industry emitted 1.71 billion short tons of carbon dioxide: 99 percent of that came from coal, natural gas, and petroleum fuels, despite them only making up 62 percent of the US electricity supply.
49% : However, this decision could have a major domino effect on federal environmental regulations, and keep the EPA from doing its main job -- protecting people and the environment from harm.
40% : The case brought before SCOTUS, West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, essentially questioned the EPA's authority to pass major regulations across the power sector.
36% : "The ruling ignores the interconnected structure of the power sector and imposes unnecessary limits on the pollution reduction options EPA can consider, which will result in higher costs and worse air pollution across the United States."

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