By Gavin Bade | January 21, 2016
Dive Brief:
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday denied a request to halt implementation of the EPA Clean Power Plan until litigation on the regulatory package has concluded.
- The stay was requested by a coalition of states and fossil fuel interests, led by West Virginia, which argued that they would suffer irreparable harm if the D.C. Circuit did not put a judicial stay on the emissions regulations, which seek to cut carbon pollution from the power sector 32% by 2030.
- The three-judge panel fast-tracked consideration of the case, setting June 2 as the date to hear oral arguments on the Clean Power Plan's legality. Regardless of how the D.C. Circuit rules, observers widely expect the Supreme Court to take up the case.
- READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE.
See if your state was one of the ones suing to keep polluting (good old Missouri is):
on the Clean Power Plan, this handy starting point:
