From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici. This is the Daily.

As the Supreme Court term comes to a close, it's expected to rule on two landmark cases,

involving abortion and guns. But it will also decide another major case, one that is

being far less attention. Today, my colleague, Coral Davenport, on a case involving

climate change that could take away much of the federal government's power to regulate.

It's Thursday, June 23rd.

So, Coral, tell me about the Supreme Court case you've been following.

So this case is called West Virginia versus EPA. It is certainly the largest and most

important climate change case to come before the Supreme Court in over a decade. Fundamentally,

the case is about a group of Republican attorneys general, mostly from fossil fuel producing

states, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, who are suing the federal government over its authority

to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. And even though it's in front of the

Supreme Court now, it actually goes back to the Obama administration back to 2014.

Obama was the first president who said, I am going to prioritize dealing with climate

change. He tried to pass a major climate change law through the Congress. Of course, that

famously failed. And after that happened and after Democrats lost control of the Congress,

I'm going to be working with Congress where I can to accomplish this.

Obama said, but I'm also going to act on my own if Congress is deadlocked. I've got

a phone and a pen and I'm going to start doing these things myself. I've got a pen to

take executive actions where Congress won't. And I've got a telephone to rally folks around

the country on this mission.

He was referring to executive action and executive authority on many fronts, but climate change

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