In a stunning 7–2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a major blow to California’s climate agenda — and a sharp rebuke to Governor Gavin Newsom’s green revolution. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, ruled that California’s electric vehicle mandates and aggressive emissions targets may violate federal law, clearing the way for energy producers to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of those policies. “The government may not strangle an industry through unlawful regulation and then hide behind immunity,” Kavanaugh wrote, calling out the EPA for shifting its legal stance over time.

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