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A federal court just dealt another blow to Obama’s climate legacy
Obama's climate regulations could save the United States billions -- but they face a precarious future under the Trump administration.
Natasha Geiling
Aug 9, 2017, 11:25 am
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They have to let it stand or our future will suck ass.
Obama's climate regulations could save the United States billions -- but they face a precarious future under the Trump administration.
Natasha Geiling
Aug 9, 2017, 11:25 am
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed to extend a freeze in litigation over the Clean Power Plan, the signature domestic climate policy of the Obama administration and a primary target of the Trump administration’s regulatory rollback, dimming environmentalists’ hopes that the court could ultimately save the otherwise doomed policy.
The Clean Power Plan imposed the first-ever federal limits for carbon pollution from power plants, and when it was finalized in 2015, immediately drew opposition from a coalition of fossil fuel interests, utility groups, and conservative states. The coalition challenged the Clean Power Plan in court and the Supreme Court issued a stay on the rule in 2016, pending ongoing litigation in the case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments for the case beginning in September of 2016, and had seemed ready to issue a decision as early as spring of 2017.
https://thinkprogres...n-5a76487bf9be/
They have to let it stand or our future will suck ass.