The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 said it will hear Oklahoma’s case claiming that state disputes over a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy should be heard in regional circuit courts, as opposed to Washington.
At issue is the EPA’s “good neighbor” rule that cracks down on states whose industries are said to be contributing to smog.
Separately, the Supreme Court voted 5–4 on June 27 to temporarily put the rule on hold. The court held the emissions-reduction standards established by a federal plan would probably cause irreversible harm to several of the affected states, unless the plan were stayed until it could be reviewed by the lower courts….