ACE plaintiffs ask court to delay briefing due to virus

Opponents of EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) power plant greenhouse gas rule are filing an unopposed request for an appellate court to give them three more weeks to file their opening brief in litigation over the rule, due to widespread disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic. Their March 20 motion in American Lung Association, et al. v. EPA, et al., urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to delay the March 27 deadline for the...