Administrative/Regulatory
Feb. 19, 2016
Climate change by administrative law?
On Feb. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court acted to prevent the implementation of an EPA rule requiring that states make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from producers of electricity in the states. By Joseph DiMento and Alejandro E. Camacho
Joseph Dimento
professor of law and of urban planning
Email: jdimento@law.uci.edu
Univ of Michigan Law School
Joseph DiMento is professor of law and of urban planning at UC Irvine School of Law. You can reach him at jdimento@law.uci.edu
On Feb. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court acted to prevent the implementation of a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency, based on the EPA's authority under the Clean Air Act, to require that states make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from producers of electricity in the states. Mainly the rule would mean major restrictions on older coal fired plants, with the probable closing down of some of them. Common...
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