The Clean Power Plan would force states to cut carbon emissions by 30 to 38 percent by 2030.
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It may prove just a temporary speed bump for the plan.
“There’s a lot of big decisions that have to be made, and each decision is very expensive”. Soderberg says one of their goals is to provide clean, reliable power, and that requires a mix of power sources.
Together we’ve helped retire more than 230 of our nation’s 523 coal-fired power plants.
“Pennsylvania will continue planning and engagement with stakeholders on the Clean Power Plan, pending final decision of this issue by the Supreme Court”, Sheridan wrote in an email to StateImpact.
The execution and implementation of a definite “climate clean” strategy would have been a major achievement for Obama Administration and he could step down in January 2017 enamoured with himself and his policy on setting out a definite legacy and plan on climate change.
The brief order from the justices said that the regulations would be on hold until the legal challenge is completed.
The Supreme Court’s decision reinforces the position Kentucky and the other 25 petitioning states have regarding the CPP. But 27 states sued the EPA, saying the Clean Air Act did not give the agency the authority to implement the rules.
But Morrisey and those in the coal industry see it as a sign of hope for thousands of coal miners who have lost their jobs in the struggling industry. Indeed – the EPA has already re-issued the MATS regulations, claiming to now be in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling against them.
Utah’s Deseret Power electric cooperative and the state of Utah oppose new regulations targeting the pollution blamed for climate change, and both joined other states and organizations in requesting the stay.
Now, the rule has been stayed until legal challenges are resolved, which will likely push the plan’s timeline back. But he has also been a frequent defender of states’ rights arguments.
The case will be argued in the D.C. District Court this June.
A proposed Environmental Protection Agency emissions rule has been put on hold by the Supreme Court.
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Economic factors have largely driven coal’s decline in Kentucky, as well as environmental regulations that were in the works well before Obama took office.
