The Supreme Court reduced the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from powerplants in a 6-3 ruling on Thursday morning. “Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day, but it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an …
