| Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency | |
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| Argued February 24, 2014 Decided June 23, 2014 | |
| Full case name | Utility Air Regulatory Group, Petitioner v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
| Docket no. | 12-1146 |
| Citations | 573 U.S. 302 (more) 134 S. Ct. 2427; 189 L. Ed. 2d 372; 82 U.S.L.W. 4535 |
| Holding | |
| (1) The Clean Air Act neither compels nor permits EPA to adopt an interpretation of the Act requiring a source to obtain a PSD or Title V permit on the sole basis of its potential greenhouse-gas emissions. (2) EPA reasonably interpreted the Act to require sources that would need permits based on their emission of conventional pollutants to comply with BACT for greenhouse gases. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Scalia, joined by Roberts, Kennedy; Thomas, Alito (Parts I, II–A, and II–B–1); Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan (Part II–B–2) |
| Concur/dissent | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Concur/dissent | Alito, joined by Thomas |
| Laws applied | |
| Clean Air Act | |
Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency, 573 U.S. 302 (2014), was a US Supreme Court case regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of air pollution under the Clean Air Act.[1][2]
In a divided decision, the Court largely upheld the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse emissions.[3]
- ^ Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency, 573 U.S. 302 (2014).
- ^ Liptak, Adam (October 15, 2013). "Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to E.P.A. Rules on Gas Emissions". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ Liptak, Adam (June 23, 2014). "Justices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.