The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to revisit a lower court decision that quashed fossil fuel groups’ hopes of reopening arguments against key EPA language on the dangers of greenhouse gases.
The Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council and the FAIR Energy Foundation asked the Environmental Protection Agency to re-examine a 2009 endangerment finding, which was established after Massachusetts v. EPA—the decision that established greenhouse gases as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
That language says that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, pose a danger to public health and the environment and can thus be ...