Politics

Protocol reports on the politics of tech: the looming battles between tech giants and government regulators; the international conflicts over trade and technology that determine the winners and losers in the tech industry and beyond; and the politics inside and between companies, customers and colleagues that dictate what ends up in our homes and businesses.

Supreme Court takes a sledgehammer to greenhouse gas regulations

The court ruled 6-3 that the EPA cannot use the Clean Air Act to regulate power plant greenhouse gas emissions. That leaves a patchwork of policies from states, utilities and, increasingly, tech companies to pick up the slack.