The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a victory to the Biden-Harris administration by allowing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power plant rules to remain in effect amid continuing legal challenges.

Regulations finalized in April require coal-fired power plants to cut their emissions by 90% by 2032, a requirement Republican states and energy companies have pushed for. company They argue that it costs a lot of money.

Group of states led by West Virginia say EPA’s attack on fossil fuel power generation is unwise said supreme court. “Fossil fuels are essential to safely transitioning the grid to a higher proportion of renewable energy.”

BREAKING: The Supreme Court votes 7-1 to approve. @EPA It is impossible to implement new greenhouse gas emissions standards for power plants, even though several states, companies, and industry groups argue that the rules are illegal.
Justice Thomas dissented and Justice Alito did not participate. #scotus pic.twitter.com/DOSAUxdzZ2

— Katie Buehler (@bykatiebuehler) October 16, 2024

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, and Justice Samuel Alito did not participate in the decision. According to To order. (Related: Move to hand over the Supreme Court’s executive authority to the government; problems surrounding Biden’s green power plant regulations are in full swing)

“In my view, the petitioners have a good chance of success on the merits with respect to at least some of their challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh said in a statement joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. It shows that.” “However, because applicants are not required to begin compliance work until June 2025, it is unlikely that they will suffer irreparable harm by the time the D.C. Circuit decides on the merits.”

Kavanaugh said the D.C. Circuit “needs to resolve the case this term,” leaving open the possibility that the parties could petition the Supreme Court later.

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