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Blake Emerson examines the implications of the Supreme Court’s climate ruling

Publication: KPCC-FM

UCLA Expert: Blake Emerson: Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

Synopsis: Imposing caps on greenhouse gas emissions is now firmly out of the Environmental Protection Agency’s toolbox. KPCC considers the broader implications beyond climate.

UCLA News: “If Congress is not super-explicit about giving an executive branch agency the power to do something — something like regulating the power grid in this case — then the agency generally can’t do it,” Emerson said.

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