http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-epa-obama-emission-limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled against federal regulators' attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.
The rules began to take effect in April, but the court said by a 5-4 vote Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency failed to take their cost into account when the agency first decided to regulate the toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired plants.
The challenge was brought by industry groups and 21 Republican-led states.
Writing for the court, Justice Antonin Scalia said it is not appropriate to impose billions of dollars of economic costs in return for a few dollars in health or environmental benefits.
The case now goes back to lower courts for the EPA to decide how to account for costs.
just when you thought the scotus was on the right track they bend over to big business factory pollution you know the kind emitted from Koch factories a 5 - 4 vote leaves little question as to who voted in favor of breathing and who didn't.
with volatile chemicals like mercury being deregulated by the scotus really makes you wonder do any lives matter????
they want this for you and yours by vote the big business influence wins, are they spreading their decisions one for them two for us and what makes deregulated factory pollution of our air less important than ACA or do they see allowing ObamCares to stand as the remedy to their decision to support pollution????? we will need healthcare if pollution becomes common place.
we know republican job 1 is to appease the big business donors with the gift of deregulation it shows whose more important to those who would rule the country sad thing is they probably would deny gas mask for Americans who couldn't afford them.
