According to Reuters , CNN (CNN) reports, on June 30, local time, The U.S. Supreme Court made the latest ruling to restrict the U.S. federal government from cutting greenhouse gases from power plants emissions power. Diplomatic sources said the ruling would undermine U.S. leadership on the international stage and harm global efforts to combat climate change.
Reuters stated that this ruling was passed by the U.S. Supreme Court with a 6:3 result. This is also the latest in a series of controversial judicial decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent times. 30, The United Nations made a rare criticism that the ruling of the US Supreme Court was "a setback in our fight against climate change."
CNN said that at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling was a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The U.S. Supreme Court said the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and force them to abandon fossil fuels and switch to renewable energy.
CNN stated that this ruling of the Supreme Court is not only a major loss for the climate policy of the Biden administration, but also calls into question the future of emissions reduction actions at the federal level and puts greater pressure on Congress. CNN quoted experts as saying that this may set the United States back several years on the road to controlling the climate crisis and its deadly and expensive effects.
U.S. President Biden also acknowledged in a statement that the Supreme Court's ruling may harm the United States' ability to respond to climate change, but "I will not show mercy in using my legal authority to protect public health and address the climate crisis." "
Biden added: "I have directed my legal team to work with the Department of Justice and affected agencies to carefully review this decision and find ways to continue to protect Americans from harmful pollution, including those that contribute to the climate, in accordance with federal law. Change pollution.”
