DC:
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected attempts to appeal a lower court decision issued in 2017 striking down Obama-era global warming policies. The lower court’s ruling was written by the newly confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The justices privately made the decision to not rehear the case before Kavanaugh joined the high court Tuesday, Reuters reported. Kavanaugh was officially sworn in as an associate justice at the White House on Monday night.
Kavanaugh’s 2017 decision for the D.C. Circuit Court struck down Obama administration regulations on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a greenhouse gas, because such rules ran afoul of federal law.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed regulations on HFCs in 2015 as part of the U.S.’s plan to fight global warming through the Montreal Protocol. HFCs are a greenhouse gas, but are not ozone-depleting chemicals.
“Here, EPA has tried to jam a square peg into a round hole” by trying to regulate HFCs without approval from Congress, Kavanaugh ruled, adding that “[c]limate change is not a blank check for the President.”
The Obama administration tried to regulate HFCs under the EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy meant for ozone-depleting substance, prompting Kavanaugh to rule in favor of two companies that manufacture products that use HFCs.
The Natural Resources Defense Council and major manufacturers, including Honeywell International, appealed Kavanaugh’s decision to the Supreme Court. Had the court taken up the case, Kavanaugh would have sat out.
Honeywell International and other companies wanted EPA to phase out HFCs because they were already developing products with alternative chemicals. Regulations on HFCs would give those companies a competitive edge by restricting competing products. more here
80% chance of liberal tears today with a rage warning in the metro area.
I just farted. Is that funk a greenhouse gas or an HFC?
WINNING ALREADY!! Keep it up.
Old Oaks – – You owe 3 cents.
old_oaks — I’ve got a few carbon credits I can sell you.
WINNING! Trump: I will not get tired of WINNING!!! Gloat!
I thought HFCs were banned in the U.S. over 30 years ago? Remember the “hole in the ozone layer”?
it’s Globull Socialism
@Tony R – You’re remembering CFCs – chlorofluorocarbons
HFCs are hydrofluorocarbon compounds, and in a lot of applications replaced CFCs.
What a scam. Ozone does absolutely nothing to protect life from harmful UV light. Ozone is made by UV rays striking ordinary oxygen.
3O2 + UV =2O3(ozone)
No light for six months plus prevailing circumpolar winds,(meaning little mixing in the atmosphere) bingo, ozone hole over the Antarctic in the spring.
Patent due to expire on DuPont’s trademark CFC (Freon), outlaw CFCs and patent HFCs