Coal firm seeks high court review of EPA’s air law GHG authority

A Texas-based coal mining firm has filed the second petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appellate ruling that takes a relatively broad view of EPA’s authority to limit greenhouse gases from power plants and other sectors under the Clean Air Act, joining Republican-led states that filed a similar request late last month. “Absent review, these crucial decisions will be made by unelected agency officials without statutory authority, as opposed to our elected legislators,” says the April 30 petition...