The Supreme Court on Monday upheld most of the Obama administration's environmental rules aimed at limiting greenhouse gases from power plants.
Tim ProfetaDirector, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke Universitytim.profeta@duke.eduhttp://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/about/people/timothy-profeta
Profeta's research focuses on cost-effective options for using energy policies to meet the nation's goal for technology innovation and environmental protection. Much of his work focuses on the Clean Air Act and adaptive use of current laws to address environmental challenges.
Quote:"Scalia split the baby, allowing EPA to regulate big operations but preventing a great expansion in EPA authority that nobody truly wanted. I think he did all a favor -- even the agency which did not want to regulate ma and pa -- but just found a different legal route than the agency had found. And he did reaffirm the agency's right to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act."