# People want EPA to regulate CO2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [July 27, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/people-want-epa-to-regulate-co2/73035 "2022-07-27T03:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaagu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/jaagu/32/6160_2.png) [@jaagu](https://discussion.fool.com/u/jaagu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/people-want-epa-to-regulate-co2/73035/1 "2022-07-27T03:38:06Z")
A substantial majority of Americans believe the Environmental Protection Agency should be able to regulate the climate-warming air pollution that spews from power plants, according to a poll of likely voters conducted in mid-June. 62% favor 28% against 10% ? [https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climate-crisis/chart-a-…](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climate-crisis/chart-a-majority-of-americans-support-epa-regulating-pollution) The Supreme Court, unfortunately, is less supportive of the EPA’s regulatory power: Its conservative supermajority limited the ways the EPA can curb carbon emissions from the electricity sector. Jaak ---
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/people-want-epa-to-regulate-co2/73035/2 "2022-07-27T09:58:33Z")
_Its conservative supermajority limited the ways the EPA can curb carbon emissions from the electricity sector._ iirc, what the court said was that Congress had to explicitly give the EPA authority to regulate carbon emissions. Good luck getting that legislation past all the lobbyists and their shower of “protected free speech”. Steve ---
**Author:** ![ajaskey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/ajaskey/32/791_2.png) [@ajaskey](https://discussion.fool.com/u/ajaskey)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/people-want-epa-to-regulate-co2/73035/3 "2022-07-27T12:47:45Z")
That is 128M people who don’t want it or don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![jaagu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/jaagu/32/6160_2.png) [@jaagu](https://discussion.fool.com/u/jaagu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/people-want-epa-to-regulate-co2/73035/4 "2022-07-27T17:51:48Z")
iirc, what the court said was that Congress had to explicitly give the EPA authority to regulate carbon emissions. Good luck getting that legislation past all the lobbyists and their shower of “protected free speech”. ============================================== The court made a stupid decision based on politics. Jaak ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/people-want-epa-to-regulate-co2/73035/5 "2022-07-27T19:07:44Z")
It has nothing to do with the Supremes being against EPA regs. It has to do with the people doing their jobs by insisting Congress do its job. Just playing dig bat over the climate going admin to admin or court to court is a worse waste of time. We get nowhere. We do not get what we want. ---
**Author:** ![jaagu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/jaagu/32/6160_2.png) [@jaagu](https://discussion.fool.com/u/jaagu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/people-want-epa-to-regulate-co2/73035/6 "2022-07-28T03:18:34Z")
That is 128M people who don’t want it or don’t care. ============================================================== You are trying to inflate the number by counting babies, toddlers and adolescents which makeup 20% of the population. 331 x 0.8 x 0.28 = 74M adults who don’t want it. 331 x 0.8 x 0.62 = 164M adults who do want it. Jaak