Wyoming’s Governor and Both US Senators are applauding a US Supreme Court Ruling stating the US Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its bounds when it attempted to control greenhouse gas emissions.
In a 6-to-3 vote in the case of West Virginia vs. the EPA, the court ruled that when the Clean Air Act was passed in 2015, the then Republican controlled Congress did not provide clear enough direction in its delegation of authority to the EPA, in order for the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon says the ruling is a clean win for Wyoming and the state joined the lawsuit to protect its own coal-fired plants from federal overreach intent only on curtailing coal-fired electric generation.
Republican US Senator John Barasso says Democrats have used over-reaching EPA regulations to side-step Congress and the American people to enact their own extreme climate agenda.
Republican US Senator Cynthia Lummis says domestic energy production has been under constant attack by both the Biden and Obama Administrations, and she was glad the Supreme Court ruled the _Clean Air Act_ does not give the EPA the power to decide unilaterally what fuels power plants can and cannot use.
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Last modified: July 1, 2022