The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed President Joe Biden a surprise victory as it allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily enforce its rules regulating planet-warming pollution from power plants.

The Supreme Court rejected requests for emergency relief from more than two dozen states and the energy industry.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a climate-change rule adopted by the Biden administration that would force coal-fired power plants to cut their carbon pollution 90% by 2032 or shut down.

The Supreme Court has allowed a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out.

President Joe Biden’s contentious climate rule for power plants will take effect after the Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to block the regulation that is a core part of the administration’s efforts to strip greenhouse gases from electricity grid.

The EPA set new emissions standards for power plants two years after the Supreme Court rejected the Obama administration's rules.

The Biden administration has said its plan would protect communities from pollution and help the nation meet long-term goals to combat the climate crisis.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to put on hold a new federal rule targeting carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants at the request of numerous states and industry groups in another major challenge to President Joe Biden's efforts to combat climate change.

The Supreme Court declined an emergency request to block Biden administration climate standards on power plant emissions.

Two conservative justices, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, said in a brief order they thought the challengers would likely win on at least some of their claims eventually.