CNN CNN Special Report August 24, 2019 02:40:00
This? >> essentially the epa is shaping a rule that says to each state, look, we're going to set a bar that you have to meet in terms of removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. that's under federal law. >> no surprise, the coal industry was against it. 27 states and dozens of companies challenged the clean power plant. and in 2016, the supreme court temporarily blocked it from taking effect. and then the trump administration repealed it altogether, claiming the plan overstepped the bounds of the epa's authority under the clean air act. >> we mine and use our coal in the united states in...