WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today reacted to a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in UARG v. EPA, Chamber of Commerce v. EPA, and related cases that takes a step toward reining in the EPA’s misuse of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
“Today’s Supreme Court decision demonstrates what we’ve said all along: the Clean Air Act is ill-suited to address greenhouse gas emissions,” said Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber. “The Court recognized that EPA’s attempt to sweep small businesses into its greenhouse gas agenda was an unconstitutional power grab. EPA is now on notice that it does not have unlimited authority to impose massive costs on the U.S. economy and mandate a fundamental redesign of America’s electricity system.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.