US Supreme Court preemptively blocks EPA regulations which would mitigate global warming

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Under the plan, the EPA would have imposed regulations that restrict carbon emissions from states, primarily caused by power plants, which would have encouraged a transition to renewable energy.
52% : To their surprise, however, the Supreme Court took up the case in West Virginia v. EPA.
48% : The court had previously ruled in 2007 in Massachusetts v. EPA that the EPA did have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in general based on the authority of the Clean Air Act.
43% : After the elimination of the right to abortion, Clarence Thomas, whose wife was directly involved in the January 6 coup attempt, has been explicit in his intention to target other court rulings, including those that guarantee the right to gay marriage and contraception, among others.
37% : The Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday, deciding that it did not have the authority to regulate pollution from power plants on a nationwide basis.

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