Hi, I’m Eve. With so much going on this past week, including Biden’s legitimacy crisis sparked by his poor performance in the debates, a string of Supreme Court cases, and the Ukraine-Israel conflict (and related controversies), we’ve been overdue for a detailed look at one of these pivotal Supreme Court cases, the Chevron decision. The article below shows how this decision significantly undermines regulatory authority, particularly making it harder to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
By OilPrice writer Charles Price. Oil prices
- Biden’s tough emissions rules are weakened by the Supreme Court’s decision on the Chevron concession.
- The ruling adds fuel to an already heated debate about whether the EPA has the authority to regulate emissions from vehicles.
- The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision will have far-reaching effects on the oil and gas industry by making it more difficult for federal agencies to regulate the environment and public health.
The Biden administration’s strict new emissions regulations are especially vulnerable in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. Flipped Last week, a landmark ruling known as “Chevron Deference” was handed down, the first in 40 years, giving federal agencies the power to interpret ambiguous laws.
Precedent established in a 1984 case involving major oil companies gave federal agencies the authority to interpret ambiguous laws. But last Friday’s Supreme Court decision strips federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), of the power to interpret and enforce laws like the Clean Air Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision will have far-reaching implications for the oil and gas industry by making it more difficult for federal agencies to regulate the environment and public health based on vague interpretations of the law.
The emissions rules the EPA finalized a few weeks ago look especially weak in light of the Supreme Court’s decision, environmental lawyers said. Reuters.
In March, the EPA Announced New tailpipe emissions standards are finalized. The agency boasts that they are the toughest standards ever, adding that they will save money, create jobs, and eliminate billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
They said the ruling intensifies an already heated debate about whether the EPA has the authority to regulate emissions from vehicles.
“There has been a long-running debate about whether and to what extent the (EPA) has the authority to regulate emissions from mobile sources,” Shelley Jackman, an environmental litigation attorney and compliance counsel at the law firm Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles, told Reuters.
Even before last week’s Supreme Court ruling, the American Petroleum Institute (API) had been challenging the new emissions rules in court.
API Sued the EPA Regarding auto emissions standards, EPA senior vice president and general counsel Ryan Myers said, “EPA has exceeded Congress’ authority with these regulations, and most new gasoline-powered and conventional hybrid vehicles will be removed from the U.S. market within 10 years.”
