Supreme Court to hear a case that could limit the EPA's power to fight climate change
The outcome of the case could also hamstring the authority of all agencies, from the EPA to the Securities and Exchange Commission to Federal Reserve Board.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a major environmental case that could hobble the ability of federal agencies to regulate air pollution — and potentially, much more.
The case has been years in the making. It began in 2009 when the Obama administration faced an unpleasant reality. Climate change is a problem too big to address without an international agreement, but "the other nations would not do anything unless the Unites States went first, and showed it was serious," says environmental law professor Richard Lazarus.
So, the Obama administration set about doing that, first getting the auto industry to reduce
