Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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What's the return on investment on not having an asthma attack? If you can't count it, it doesn't count, according to the majority in this 5-4 ruling, which turned back EPA rules on mercury emissions from power plants. As a result, the power industry won't be burdened by those costly regulations, so you can breathe easy. LOL.

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0:50.1	We'll hear your argument this morning in case 1446 Michigan versus the Environmental
1:06.4	Protection Agency and the Consolidated Cases.
1:10.2	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologue Projects.
1:16.8	In this week's episode of 5.4, Peter, Rianan, and Michael are talking about a 2015 case
1:22.2	called Michigan V Environmental Protection Agency.
1:25.6	The majority holding authored by Justice Scalia said that the EPA unresinably interpreted
1:31.1	the Clean Air Act when it regulated emissions at power plants without taking into account
1:36.6	the cost to end the stories.
1:39.0	At issue in the case was the regulation of mercury emissions, which result from power plants
1:43.1	that burned coal and oil.
1:45.0	The fossil fuel industry argued that the EPA's attempts to regulate mercury emissions were
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