Critics Renew Push For High Court To Stay Power Plant GHG Standards

Republican-led states and the power sector pushing for the Supreme Court to stay EPA’s power plant greenhouse gas standards are asserting EPA “concedes” it cannot project future technology developments when setting standards, and that the rule is thus unlawful since it is not based on “currently” viable control technologies. “After defending a forward-looking approach in the final rule, EPA now concedes that a technology has not ‘been adequately demonstrated’ if it cannot ‘ currently be demonstrated.’ That concession resolves...