The Supreme Court yesterday limited an Obama administration program dealing with power plant and factory emissions of gases linked to global warming.
The court said the Environmental Protection Agency could regulate facilities responsible for 83 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions emitted from stationary sources nationwide, provided those sources "would need permits based on their emissions of more conventional pollutants."
The ruling doesn't impact the EPA's proposals for first-time national standards for new and existing power plants, including its goal of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
The decision also leaves intact the agency's authority over facilities that emit pollutants it regulates besides greenhouse gases.
"EPA is getting almost everything it wanted in this case," Justice Antonin Scalia said, noting that the agency had sought to regulate sources it said were responsible for 86 percent of all the greenhouse gases emitted from stationary sources nationwide.
Joseph Ferson, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, said: "We are reviewing today's Supreme Court decision but continue to support the EPA's efforts to reduce greenhouse gases."
Dan Dolan, president of the New England Power Generators Association, said he does not expect yesterday's ruling to have a "material impact" on the group's members.
Herald wire services contributed to this report.
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