Biden pledges climate action despite ‘devastating’ Supreme Court ruling
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We ran the numbers: There are 3,805 news articles covering this topic. 53% (2,018) are left-leaning, 36% (1,385) are centrist, and 11% (402) are right-leaning.
On Thursday, the Biden administration pledged to carry on tackling climate change despite the Supreme Court’s decision in limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation of power plan carbon emissions. Biden responded to the ruling: “The Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia vs. EPA is another devastating decision that aims to take our country backwards.” “Our fight against climate change must carry forward, and it will,” he said.
A left-leaning article from Washington Post describes the “far-reaching consequences” including “curb[ing] President Biden’s ambitious plans to tackle claimate change along with air and water pollution”. The article goes on to highlight the “larger legal battle to rein in the federal government’s ability to tackle pressing environmental problems” “wag[ed]” by conservatives. The article also quotes Jodey Freeman, a Harvard Law School professor, who believes the court could have gone further in limiting the EPA’s authority–optimistically remarking that “something of a silver lining here. It leaves a pathway for EPA to still set meaningful standards.”
A center-leaning article from The Hill similarly reports on the administration’s continued efforts despite the recent restriction. The article quotes Biden’s “devasta[tion]” at the ruling, and goes on to outline how the decision dictates that “the EPA couldn’t follow the Obama administration’s approach of using mechanisms that aimed to induce a switch away from coal plants and toward cleaner power sources because it was not authorized by Congress.” The article focuses on the specifics and effects of the ruling rather than quoting sources responding to the decision.
A right-leaning article from Fox News highlights counterpart reactions–writing, “liberal media outlets slammed the Court for holding up President Biden’s climate agenda and claimed conservative members do not want climate change addressed”. The article quotes numerous CNN correspondents who believe Biden’s efforts to have been “handcuffed” by the decision. The article goes on to quote the briefing from the dissent which argues that "A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body.”
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