The Supreme Court declined on Oct. 4 to halt U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting industry emissions of mercury and methane.
The rulings came in a bundle of orders in several pending emergency applications. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decisions.
The nation’s highest court is allowing the regulations to remain in place while challenges against them proceed in the lower courts.
The regulations were created by the Biden administration in an effort it says will address climate-related concerns. The government also supports providing financial incentives to purchase electric vehicles.
Several states and industry groups had argued that the EPA went beyond its legal authority and imposed standards that are impossible to attain. The EPA countered that it was acting within its authority and that the regulations were in the public interest….