Obama’s EPA took a hit this morning from the Supreme Court as it threw out their new rule forcing power plants to cut emissions of mercury and other pollutants:
WSJ – A divided Supreme Court on Monday threw out the Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever rules requiring power plants to cut emissions of mercury and other toxic air pollutants, a significant blow to the Obama administration’s environmental agenda.
The court, in a 5-4 majority opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia, ruled the EPA must reconsider the mercury rules because it didn’t properly take into account the costs of the regulations before deciding to adopt them.
The decision doesn’t prohibit the agency from limiting mercury emissions from power plants, so long as the EPA gives up-front consideration to the price tag for its regulations. But the ruling means the agency will have to go back to the drawing board, which could push any new emissions rules into the twilight of President Barack Obama’s time in office—or beyond.
Just a reminder: