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Supreme Court Denies Emergency Request by Big Polluters to Block EPA Rule on Carbon Emissions

HeadlineOct 17, 2024

The Supreme Court has left in place an Environmental Protection Agency rule curbing carbon dioxide emissions by coal- and gas-fired power plants. In a brief ruling handed down Wednesday, justices rejected an emergency request by states and fossil fuel industry groups to block the EPA from enforcing rules the agency says will prevent carbon pollution equivalent to the annual emissions of some 330 million gasoline-powered cars. The case now heads back to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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