A federal court upholds the EPA's repeal of greenhouse-gas emissions rules for power plants.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 48% by 4 Oct 2027. Full reasoning from every model.

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48% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2027-10-04.

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Gemini (Google): 27% — Administrative repeal requires final rulemaking and DC Circuit review, which rarely concludes within a single year. Promulgating a full APA-compliant repeal takes 12 to 18 months, leaving insufficient time for a federal court ruling by October 2027. The DC Circuit remains ideologically balanced against wholesale administrative rollbacks absent explicit statutory revision. A stay or fast-track summary judgment upholding the agency's deregulation before late 2027 would significantly elevate the odds.

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Claude (Anthropic): 32% — Hinges on D.C. Circuit review of EPA's repeal and whether it survives arbitrary-and-capricious and endangerment-finding challenges. Environmental groups and blue states will sue immediately, litigation to a final appellate ruling often takes 1-3+ years. Courts have been skeptical of abrupt deregulatory reversals lacking robust record support, as seen in past APA challenges to agency rollbacks. A final merits decision upholding repeal by Oct 2027 is plausible but not favored given typical D.C. Circuit timelines and scrutiny of reversal rationale.

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GPT (OpenAI): 57% — The outcome turns chiefly on whether EPA builds a durable Clean Air Act record after the rule’s finalization. EPA must finalize a repeal and defend it in the D.C. Circuit; Supreme Court review may be needed before October 2027. Major EPA reversals often survive when agencies explain changed policy, but power-plant carbon rules face unusually intensive review after West Virginia v. EPA. A completed notice-and-comment record addressing endangerment and statutory authority would raise the odds; a thin rationale or injunction would cut them.

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Grok (xAI): 58% — Whether D.C. Circuit (or SCOTUS) finds the repeal reasoned under APA after Loper Bright. EPA must finalize the repeal and survive notice-and-comment; suits land in D.C. Circuit within months of a 2026-27 rule. First-term Trump CAA repeals were often remanded as arbitrary; post-2024 bench and end of Chevron raise the odds of affirmance. A rushed or thin record, or a stay pending appeal past Oct 2027, would most shift this below 50.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 58% — Turns on whether the D.C. Circuit accepts EPA's reading of Clean Air Act §111 after West Virginia v. EPA. EPA published the repeal in 2025; consolidated challenges are pending in the D.C. Circuit, which typically takes 12-18 months to rule. West Virginia v. EPA (2022) already held EPA cannot force generation shifting, giving the repeal a strong legal footing on the major-questions ground. Base rate: agencies win roughly 70% of D.C. Circuit challenges, but this repeal's weak record and §111's text cut against it.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 38% — Turns on whether a federal appellate panel applies Chevron deference or finds the repeal arbitrary under the APA. The DC Circuit has historically been skeptical of agency reversals that lack new scientific or policy justification (see *Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA*… A repeal must survive arbitrary-and-capricious review; courts have vacated similar rollbacks when the agency failed to address reliance interests or changed its factual… If the Supreme Court's *West Virginia v. EPA* major-questions logic is invoked, it could cut either way—undermining the original rule but also not automatically blessing…

A federal court upholds the EPA's repeal of greenhouse-gas emissions rules for power plants.

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