In American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, the U.S. Supreme Court held in an 8-0 decision that the Clean Air Act displaced any federal common-law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power plants.
The Supreme Court decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut is as noteworthy for what the justices did not decide as for what they did.
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