The story so far: The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 ended the constitutional right to abortion by overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade judgement, but this was not the only contentious decision taken by the top court in June 2022. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled by a 6-3 vote to limit how the anti-pollution law can be used to control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The ruling is expected to have severe implications for the country’s efforts to reduce the effects of climate change. President Joe Biden has announced plans to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of 2030 and to have an emissions-free power sector by 2035.
In its ruling in the West Virginia versus Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) case, the Supreme Court said that the Clean Air Act does not give EPA the broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
