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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in greenhouse gas case ruled on by Kavanaugh
The Hill ^ | 10/09/18 | MIRANDA GREEN

Posted on 10/09/2018 11:42:07 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a lawsuit challenging a lower court ruling written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The decision to pass on the case, announced during Kavanaugh’s first day as an associate justice, means the Supreme Court will not consider the lower court's August 2017 ruling that struck down an Obama-era regulation pertaining to a greenhouse gas. Kavanaugh did not participate in the Supreme Court's decision on whether to take up the case.

Kavanaugh authored the ruling that overturned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule on hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), commonly found in air conditioners and refrigerators. He argued that the federal government did not have the jurisdiction to regulate the gas under the Clean Air Act. Kavanaugh likely would have recused himself from this case. Justices routinely recuse themselves from participating in cases they previously heard or worked on in the lower courts.

Environmentalist groups sought to appeal the lower court’s ruling and reinstate the 2016 regulation. But the Trump administration in August asked the Supreme Court to abandon not to take up the case since it was planning to submit a new HFC rule.

“Coming only a day after the world’s leading climate scientists called for urgent action to curb dangerous carbon pollution, the court’s decision lets irresponsible companies to continue harming our planet — even though safer alternatives exist," said David Doniger, an attorney and Senior Strategic Director of the Climate and Clean Energy Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

“Thankfully, states are stepping up. Four already have committed to curbing HFCs, and more are expected soon to follow the leadership of California, New York, Maryland, and Connecticut.

EPA said the proposed rule, rolled out in September, is based off the agency’s determination that the previous rule “exceeded its statutory authority” by extending a refrigerant management requirement meant for ozone depleting substitutes to the gas, which does not contribute to ozone depletion.

The agency added that the new rule does not affect current requirements for other ozone-depleting refrigerants.


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It appears the Supreme Court confirms Justice Kavanaugh got it right.
1 posted on 10/09/2018 11:42:07 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Yep


2 posted on 10/09/2018 11:42:41 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: yesthatjallen

Already winning


3 posted on 10/09/2018 11:43:01 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hahahhaha! This is going to drive the left bonkers...


4 posted on 10/09/2018 11:44:58 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government...)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’ll believe environmentalist and leftist are serious about global warming being a problem when they start pushing nuclear power plants and less on regulations, CO2 taxes, solar and wind. Nuclear solves all the problems (if it exists), is good cheap energy, etc.


5 posted on 10/09/2018 11:45:15 AM PDT by rb22982
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To: yesthatjallen

MAGA


6 posted on 10/09/2018 11:46:12 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: yesthatjallen

Why is this in the news?


7 posted on 10/09/2018 11:46:19 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: rb22982

And, they cut their own carbon footprints to below average levels.


8 posted on 10/09/2018 11:46:51 AM PDT by Timmy
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To: TaxPayer2000

They’ll go full retard when Roe V Wade is resurrected...


9 posted on 10/09/2018 11:46:58 AM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I really think it is terrible journalism when they fail to mention that the Supreme court refuses to hear 97% of cases presented to them for appeal.


10 posted on 10/09/2018 11:47:05 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: yesthatjallen

Pertinent, to understand the origins of the HFC BS.

http://theconversation.com/explainer-hydrofluorocarbons-saved-the-ozone-layer-so-why-are-we-banning-them-86672


11 posted on 10/09/2018 11:49:07 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: yesthatjallen

Chalk up one.


12 posted on 10/09/2018 11:49:11 AM PDT by trublu
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To: yesthatjallen
Paging the Boo Hoo girl


13 posted on 10/09/2018 11:49:12 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: yesthatjallen

I must have missed that part of the Constitution that says that the NRDC and not Congress has the right to write environmental legislation.


14 posted on 10/09/2018 11:53:40 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: max americana

Championing godlessness will not help that happen.


15 posted on 10/09/2018 12:02:34 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Can you say...backfire!!...royally!!!😂
16 posted on 10/09/2018 12:05:43 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: rb22982
re Nuclear solves all the problems

No true at all. There is nuclear waste that must be dealt with. But that is not the issue. It's economics. By the time you build a Nuclear plant it cannot product enough power to pay for itself.

A Nuclear plant requires 1200 (approx.) people or more to run it. A Cogen plant burning natural gas can be run with 3 shifts of 3-4 workers.

17 posted on 10/09/2018 12:10:31 PM PDT by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: yesthatjallen

.
Natural Resources Dufuss Council?


18 posted on 10/09/2018 12:11:09 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Bonkers,already beyond that.Whats the term for more than bonkers ?


19 posted on 10/09/2018 12:16:54 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: yesthatjallen

What a fantastic start!


20 posted on 10/09/2018 12:19:54 PM PDT by pugmama (Come fly with me.)
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