Trump DOJ confirms ‘no further action’ on EPA coal plant NSPS

The Trump administration in a court filing is confirming that it will take “no further action” on its long-pending proposal to ease 2015 greenhouse gas standards for new coal-fired power plants, but is urging a court to continue a pause in litigation over that rule in order to give the incoming Biden administration time to assess the plan. In a Jan. 15 status report in the lawsuit over the Obama-era rule, the Justice Department (DOJ) notes that EPA on Jan...