Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy
Jul. 14, 2015
Coal's high court victory a Pyrrhic one?
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the EPA in a case about carbon dioxide emissions. But was it really a victory for the coal industry?
Last month, on the last day and as the last decision of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Environmental Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which regulate emissions of toxic air pollutants from the nation's existing coal and oil-fired power plants. Michigan v. EPA (June 29, 2015).
The decision is already being discussed as much for what it says about the EPA's forthcoming rule to reduc...
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