US states divided on Clean PowerPlan as lawsuits roll pile up

摘要

Opponents of the Obama administration’slandmark carbon rule for power plants wasted no time inmounting their legal attacks, with attorneys lined up outsidethe DC Circuit of Appeals to flood the clerk’s office with legalchallenges and stay requests at the start of business Friday.Early Friday, West Virginia Attorney General PatrickMorrisey told reporters on a call that a petition for review askingthat the Clean Power Plan be found unlawful had alreadybeen filed with the DC Circuit on behalf of a “broad, bipartisancoalition of 24 states.”