North Dakota is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on federal climate regulation—the latest in a series of recent petitions on the issue.
The state filed a petition Friday asking the justices to review a January appellate court ruling and clarify the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under a provision of the Clean Air Act.
Similar petitions are pending from a coal company and a multistate coalition led by West Virginia. If the Supreme Court agrees to take up any of the legal questions, it would be the most significant climate ...