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Supreme Court climate ruling could impact nuclear waste case

By MATTHEW DALY
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court's landmark
ruling on climate change
could have implications
for a range of other issues,
including a case involving
nuclear waste storage and
a proposal requiring com-
panies to disclose how cli-
mate risk affects their busi-
nesses, advocates across
the political spectrum say.
Two Republican attorneys
general — including the
West Virginia official who
successfully challenged
Environmental Protection
Agency rules restricting
greenhouse gas emissions
by power plants — say the
Supreme Court ruling ap-
plies more broadly to other
executive branch actions.
And in at least one case,
environmental groups ap-
pear to agree.
Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton says the court's
June 30 ruling, which lim- The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2022.
ited how the nation's main Associated Press
anti-air pollution law can
be used to reduce carbon facility to store radioactive off a win in the climate to require companies to re- storms, drought and higher
dioxide emissions, can be waste in his state. case, says he will challenge port on their climate risks, temperatures caused by
used to block a federal li- West Virginia Attorney Gen- a proposal by the Securities including those related global warming.
cense issued to a private eral Patrick Morrisey, fresh and Exchange Commission to the physical impact of Continued on next page