A large group of congressional Democrats filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief on Tuesday supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under a landmark environmental law in a case the justices will hear next month.
The 196 Democrats - 29 in the Senate and 163 in the House of Representatives - filed the friend-of-the-court brief in litigation pursued by states including coal producer West Virginia and industry groups toThe EPA in its own filing last week said the states and industry groups failed to challenge any rule actually on the books.The Supreme Court, whose 6-3 conservative majority has been skeptical toward broad federal agency authority, is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Feb. 28.
"For half a century, the Environmental Protection Agency has used its authority to address air pollution, including carbon dioxide pollution, in order to safeguard public health under both Democratic and Republican administrations," Kathy Castor, chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, said in a statement.
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