Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions

The U.S. Supreme Court curbed the EPA’s ability to fight climate change. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a major blow to the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate carbon emissions that cause climate change. The decision by the conservative court majority sets the stage for further limitations on the regulatory power of other agencies as well.
By a vote of 6 to 3, the court said that any time an agency does something big and new