Eighteen States Join EPA in Legal Defense Of EPA Carbon Standards for Power Plants

摘要

Eighteen states, including New York and California, Nov. 4 joined the Environmental Protection Agency in its efforts to defend the Clean Power Plan in lawsuits brought by several other states and industry groups (West Virginia v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 15-1363, motion filed 11/4/15). "This is a smart plan. This is the right plan. It reflects strategies we have seen and used here in our states that are working," Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey told reporters. The EPA's Clean Power Plan (RIN 2060-AR33) sets carbon dioxide emissions limits for the power sector in each state that will be implemented by state regulators.