The EPA is being sued by 24 US states and the National Mining Association, who oppose Obama's clean energy plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants. John Hoeven, a Republican Senator from North Dakota, said on Friday he would introduce two separate resolutions challenging the rules for new and existing power plants. Both lawsuits were filed on Friday, and oppose the EPA rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants 32% by 2030 (from 2005 levels), sending a powerful message ahead of the Paris climate change conference in just over a month's time. In his ruling, Judge Aiken said that while he was sympathetic to the EPA's efforts to regulate emissions, "the agency has not demonstrated any evidence that it will be able to achieve its statutory goals through this
The EPA is being sued by 24 US states and the National Mining Association, who oppose Obama's clean energy plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants. Both lawsuits were filed on Friday, and oppose the EPA rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants 32% by 2030 (from 2005 levels), sending a powerful message ahead of the Paris climate change conference in just over a month's time. In his ruling, Judge Aiken said that while he was sympathetic to the EPA's efforts to regulate emissions, "the agency has not demonstrated any evidence that it will be able to achieve its statutory goals through this