EPA’s Illegal Power Play

EPA’s Illegal Power Play
President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House about the 2023 August Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Report on Sept. 1, 2023. The White House/U.S. government/Public Domain
Mario Loyola
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA in 2022 was a historic defeat for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Not only did the Court rule that the 2015 Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama’s signature climate regulation, was unconstitutional, it also dramatically limited the EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) moving forward.

Mario Loyola
Mario Loyola
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Mario Loyola is a professor at Florida International University and senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He served in the Trump administration as Associate Director for Regulatory Reform at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
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