USA: the Supreme Court limits the means of the federal state to fight against global warming

The very conservative Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday June 30 limited the means of the federal state to fight against greenhouse gases, a decision which could have a heavy impact on global warming.

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Its six conservative judges ruled, against the advice of their three progressive colleagues, that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could not enact general rules to regulate emissions from coal-fired power plants, which produce nearly 20% of electricity in the United States.