SUPREME COURT: EPA MAY OVERRULE BOUGHT-AND-PAID-FOR ALASKAN REGULATORS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the federal government can overrule state decisions on environmental rules in a dispute over additional power capacity at an Alaskan zinc mine operated by Canada's Teck-Cominco Ltd.

"As EPA found, the Alaska department's own records showed there was scant, if any, evidentiary basis for choosing the less stringent emission-reduction technology," Ginsburg said in reading the decision from the bench.