The Supreme Court declined to intervene on a request from numerous states and industry groups to temporarily block a set of Biden administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations aimed at reducing air pollution. carbon from coal and gas power plants.

In a brief statement Wednesday, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch wrote that since the challengers are not scheduled to begin their compliance work until June, it is unlikely that the parties involved will suffer irreparable harm before the federal appeals court of Washington, DC, does not rule on the merits. of the case.

“It is therefore understandable that this Court would deny the stay requests at this time,” Kavanaugh and Gorsuch wrote.

Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said he would have granted the states and groups’ request. Justice Samuel Alito, another conservative, recused himself.

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The Supreme Court’s order came after the justices rejected emergency requests from West Virginia, Indiana and 25 other states to end the EPA rule.

THE regulation aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and requires coal-fired power plants and new natural gas generators to install equipment over the next decade to capture emissions before they reach the atmosphere.

A sign marks the entrance to the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC (Getty Images)

The case then went to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Once the court rules, the issue could be brought before the judges again.

“This is not the end of this matter,” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a statement.

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