Biden climate ambitions for EPA hamstrung by conservative Supreme Court

Published November 13, 2020 11:30am ET



President-elect Joe Biden’s plans for aggressive climate regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency face huge challenges: a conservative-majority Supreme Court and dozens of Trump-era rollbacks.

The EPA is poised to play a critical role in the Biden administration’s climate agenda, the most ambitious of any president, especially if it confronts a Republican-controlled Senate unwilling to advance major legislation restricting greenhouse gas emissions.

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