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Cite as:  597 U. S. ____ (2022) 

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KAGAN, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 20–1530, 20–1531, 20–1778 and 20–1780 
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20–1530 

WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL. 

THE NORTH AMERICAN COAL CORPORATION, 
PETITIONER 
v. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL. 

20–1531 

WESTMORELAND MINING HOLDINGS LLC, 
PETITIONER 
v. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL. 

20–1778 

20–1780 

NORTH DAKOTA, PETITIONER 
v. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL. 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 

[June 30, 2022] 

JUSTICE  KAGAN,  with  whom  JUSTICE  BREYER  and 

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR join, dissenting. 

Today,  the  Court  strips  the  Environmental  Protection 
Agency (EPA) of the power Congress gave it to respond to
“the  most  pressing  environmental  challenge  of  our  time.” 
Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U. S. 497, 505 (2007). 

Climate change’s causes and dangers are no longer sub-
ject to serious doubt.  Modern science is “unequivocal that