While most of the world is worried about rising sea levels and extreme weather, the US Supreme Court did a puzzling thing. It limited the power of the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies to regulate power plant emissions.
Last Thursday’s 6-3 ruling on the case West Virginia vs. EPA sets a precedent that could limit the capacity of all federal government agencies to establish new rules. Instead, states will be the leaders in power plant regulations. This could range wildly from Democratic states…