WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is vowing to press ahead with efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions after a divided Supreme Court put aside his signature plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved.
Tuesday’s surprising move by the court is a blow to a President Barack Obama and a victory for the coalition of 27 mostly Republican-led states and industry opponents, who call the regulations “an unprecedented power grab.”
By issuing the temporary freeze, a 5-4 majority of the justices signaled that opponents made strong arguments against the rules. The high court’s four liberal justices said they would have denied the request for delay.