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The Supreme Court hobbles the EPA; Israel lawmakers vote to dissolve parliament.

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SCOTUS limits EPA power to fight climate change

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• On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to regulate carbon emissions, saying that the Clean Air Act does not give the agency authority to do so. [CNN / Ariane de Vogue, Ella Nilsen, and Veronica Stracqualursi]
• In a 6-3 vote with the Court’s liberal justices in dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that moving away from coal “may be a sensible solution to the crisis of the day,” but that Congress must address the issue. [Associated Press / Mark Sherman]
• The ruling is a significant setback for the Biden administration’s efforts to run the US power grid with clean electricity by 2035 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. President Joe Biden has sought to lead the world in tackling climate change. [Washington Post / Robert Barnes and Dino Grandoni]
• Generating electricity is a massive source of carbon emissions in the US, which is second only to China in greenhouse gas emissions. [Politico / Alex Guillen]
• Thursday’s ruling could have broad implications for the federal government’s ability to manage other areas, like public health and consumer safety. [Guardian / Oliver Milman]

Israel’s parliament dissolves

• Israel will hold its fifth election in less than four years on November 1 after lawmakers voted Thursday to dissolve parliament. [Axios / Barak Ravid]
• Interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid faces an uphill battle against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the election. [AP / Josef Federman]
• The outgoing coalition government allied last June to oust Netanyahu, who is currently on trial for corruption. The group fell apart, however, because its members couldn’t compromise on differing political ideologies. [New York Times / Patrick Kingsley]
• Recent polling suggests Netanyahu’s Likud party will win the most seats but may fall short of the number required to form a ruling government. [CNN / Hadas Gold]

On Thursday, President Biden said he supports a Senate filibuster carveout to codify abortion rights. [Guardian / Martin Pengelly]

• Ketanji Brown-Jackson became the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. [NPR / Ximena Bustillo]
• In a victory for Ukraine, Russia abandoned the strategic Black Sea outcrop Snake Island.  [Reuters / Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth]
• On Wednesday, police arrested Kaitlin Armstrong in Costa Rica after a 43-day search. Armstrong is wanted for the murder of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson. [ABC News / Meredith Deliso]

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"The Court appoints itself — instead of Congress or the expert agency — the decisionmaker on climate policy. I cannot think of many things more frightening."

[Justice Elena Kagan, in dissent / CBS News]

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