Analysis: ‘The Supreme Court May Have Nuked the Paris Climate Deal’

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/the-supreme-court-may-have-nuked-the-paris-climate-deal/?mbid=social_twitter LAST DECEMBER AT the Paris climate talks, the United States promised the world it would do its part to fight global climate change. Today, the US Supreme Court made that promise more of a maybe. In a late-day announcement, the country’s highest court said it will not enforce the Clean Power Plan—the EPA rule […]

Bloomberg News: Obama’s EPA Climate Regs Put on Hold by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a new federal regulation that would cut emissions from power plants, putting a hold on President Barack Obama’s most ambitious effort to combat climate change. The justices heeded calls from utilities, coal miners and more than two dozen states to halt the Environmental Protection Agency rule while court challenges go […]

BREAKING: Obama CO2 rule halted by U. S. Supreme Court! – ‘Likely ends the regulations’ possibilities of taking effect before Obama leaves office’

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/9/obama-carbon-emissions-rule-halted-supreme-court/ The justices ordered all enforcement of the sweeping plan to limit fossil-fuel use for the sake of climate change until all legal disputes have been decided. The case had been brought by 27 states and industry opponents that denounced the EPA’s regulations as “an unprecedented power grab.” The Supreme Court action likely ends the […]