U.S. Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory
Mar. 6, 2014
EPA's greenhouse gas regulations split high court
Last month, a divided court heard oral argument on the agency's rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act.
Nicki Carlsen
Partner
Alston & Bird LLP
Email: nicki.carlsen@alston.com
Nicki is co-chair of the firm's Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group
As Californians subject to Assembly Bill 32 know, greenhouse gas regulations can be overly burdensome and expensive. For years, the U.S. lagged behind California in designing regulations for cutting carbon emissions. But, over the past several years, the Obama administration has prioritized such programs, igniting debate over the regulations' proper scope.
On Feb. 24, those arguments came to a boil before the U.S. Supreme Court in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA], 12-11...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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