CAC: In a Victory for the Climate, Supreme Court Declines to Halt Power Plant Carbon Pollution Standards
For Immediate Release
DATE: October 16, 2024
CONTACT: Gabrielle Levy, Glevy@cacampaign.org, 562-673-6974
WASHINGTON–Today, the United States Supreme Court rejected an attempt by polluters and their allies and some states to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon pollution standards for power plants. The decision is a victory for the climate and clean air.
The following is a statement from Margie Alt, director of the Climate Action Campaign, the force behind the Solutions for Pollution campaign that mobilized more than 1.4 million grassroots comments in support of carbon pollution standards for power plants.
“The climate crisis is actually an emergency affecting tens of millions of people across the globe every day. Today the court rejected the big polluters’ attempt to seek an emergency stay based on their trumped up allegations. We are in the middle of what will be the hottest year on record, with devastating and deadly extreme storms occurring regularly.
“The EPA’s carbon pollution standards for power plants set reasonable targets for utilities and states to cut their carbon pollution, allowing years for them to meet those goals. The Supreme Court’s decision rejected the big polluter arguments against slashing carbon pollution and paved the way for less climate pollution in the future. Of course, the fight isn’t over. The DC Circuit must still rule on the merits. We support the EPA’s authority to set common-sense pollution protections to slash climate pollution and protect our kids and communities from climate change and other dangerous air pollution.”
About Climate Action Campaign
Climate Action Campaign (CAC) is a vibrant coalition of advocacy organizations working together to drive ambitious, durable federal action to cut carbon pollution, address the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Our goal is to reduce carbon pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy through policies focused on climate, justice, and jobs and expanding opportunity for all.
