Challenge to EPA’s authority over power plants to be heard by Supreme Court

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In a month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge that is being described as one of the most significant Supreme Court environmental battles of the decade—and it involves Oklahoma and a handful of other states.

Justices will hear the case, West Virginia v. EPA on Feb. 28, a case filed by the state of West Virginia but supported by Oklahoma, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming; and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves.

The case involves a challenge to whether the EPA has the legal authority under the Clean Air Act to set systemwide requirements for power plant emissions reductions.  As E&E news recently reported, the challenge asks the high court to overturn a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that struck down a Trump-era EPA ruling gutting the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.

E&E News recently reviewed the team of attorneys taking up the case.

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