Supreme Court blocks EPA rule to limit air pollution from Midwest states

[Elderberry]

American Military News by David G. Savage - Los Angeles Times  June 28, 2024

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an interstate air quality rule issued last year by the Biden administration to limit ozone that comes from power plants and industrial sites in the Midwest and sends polluted air drifting toward the East Coast.

The vote was 5-4, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the three liberals in dissent.

The so-called “good neighbor” rule is part of the Clean Air Act, and the Environmental Protection Agency says it ensures that sources of air pollution in “upwind states” must take steps to reduce it if it is “affecting air quality in downwind states.”

In its latest update, the EPA targeted 23 states for more stringent regulation, including California in part.

But before the rule could take effect, it was caught up in legal battle between the Republican-led states and the Democratic administration.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/06/supreme-court-blocks-epa-rule-to-limit-air-pollution-from-midwest-states/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Government edicts that place greater cost burden upon private enterprises should be passed by Congress.  If Congress doesn't want to do its job, we need to change the people in Congress as many times as necessary until we have a Congress that wants to work for the American People.

If this means turnover in Congress is worse than that of a fast food restaraunt, so be it.

[Smokin Joe]

Well, there was a way to comply...

...just quit selling power and fuels to the 'downwind' blue (NIMBY!) states.

That could reduce emissions significantly.