Court paves path for Biden on power plant climate rule
The incoming Biden administration is likely to use the court’s ruling to justify returning to something resembling the Clean Power Plan.
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The incoming Biden administration is likely to use the court’s ruling to justify returning to something resembling the Clean Power Plan.
“Because promulgation of the ACE Rule and its embedded repeal of the Clean Power Plan rested critically on a mistaken reading of the Clean Air Act, we vacate the ACE Rule and remand to the Agency,” said the 185-page decision. EPA spokeswoman Molly Block said the agency would review the decision and “explore all available litigation options,” while New York Attorney General Letitia James applauded the ruling against the so-called dirty power rule. “This ruling affirms what we’ve said all along — the ‘Affordable Clean Energy’ rule did nothing to promote clean energy, and was n...
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