Houston Chronicle Exclusive: GOP Readies Legal Attack on Biden Climate Push

Presidents have for centuries used the powers of the White House to shape federal policy when they could not win support from Congress, whether to change the course of the economy or take the country to war.

Now the Biden administration is facing a critical test of its authority to enact climate policy, as Republicans in Congress attack new regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency on emissions from vehicles and power plants as overly costly and overstepping the bounds of executive authority.