To be clear the Supreme Court said the EPA cannot decide to cap carbon emissions at a level that they think will solve some environmental problem. That is beyond their authority.
This throws the whole carbon capture and carbon limitation scheme out the door.
The Supreme Court says that in order for such a massive thing to take place it must be decided by the legislature itself or the legislature itself must specifically give an agency the authority to decide such a thing. Now that last part bothers me because I think Congress may give the EPA that authority after this ruling.
Nonetheless for the moment the huge overriding justification for all transitions to the economy of the United States that is limiting carbon has been thrown out the door by the Supreme court.
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