Bill Blocking Strict State Air Rules Failing To Win Broad Backing

A model bill drafted by a group of conservative state lawmakers, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which would block states from implementing rules requiring power plants to make pollution reductions steeper than EPA's clean air interstate rule (CAIR) is failing to gain traction, an ALEC source says. But the source adds that legislative bodies realistically have until later this year to pass such legislation because state environment departments do not need to send their CAIR plans to EPA until...