Climate lawyers say the EPA ruling was narrower than the worst-case scenarios they had feared, and that it left legal openings for federal agencies to regulate carbon pollution using other parts of the law.
or improve efficiency, which would all force emissions reductions. “We will have further fights about those options.”
With fewer options at the federal level and new uncertainty over how the Supreme Court will receive regulations, some states and local governments will look to pick up the slack on climate. “We can’t just print money,” she said. “We really are going to need the regulatory power of the federal government. We’re going to need the technical assistance, and we’re going to need the funding.”
Former presidential candidate Tom Steyer, an investor and a co-executive chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, said in an interview that the ruling “puts even more onus” on private businesses and investors to fund projects that will deliver renewable energy at scale. As part of the landmark Paris Agreement, a global pact that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avert the worst effects of climate change, the U.S. pledged to cut its emissions in half by 2030. The target could be in jeopardy without aggressive climate action from cities, states and the federal government, Wright said.
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