US Nuclear Regulatory Commission answer looms to new Texas lawsuit claim that US Supreme Court ruling in late June limits agency power to license a $350M interim storage site in the state, as Sen. Manchin floats bill for new agency to find permanent home for nation's waste.
The U.S. Supreme Court has limited the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate power plant greenhouse gas emissions, and though the court’s opinion referred to a fairly narrow provision within the Clean Air Act, the ruling potentially places broad restrictions on the ability of federal agencies to enact regulations to address the climate crisis, according to several sources.
Thanks to a burst of late June activity by the House Appropriations Committee, the first batch of fiscal year 2023 spending bills was nearing a House floor vote by the week of July 18.