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Supreme Court rules 6-2 on EPA air pollution reductions across state lines

2014-05-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Forbes: This week, President Obamas environmental agenda gained a victory. The Supreme Court revived a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency regulation, known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, limiting power-plant emissions blowing across state lines. The ruling will now require 28 states to reduce power-plant emissions, which hurt the air-quality in states located downwind. The new regulation stands to affect approximately 1,000 power plants in the eastern half of the U.S., many of which may...

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