EPA Cites Trump Order In Bid To Halt D.C. Circuit Utility GHG Rule Suits

EPA is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to halt suits over the agency's climate rules for new and existing power plants, saying President Donald Trump's energy executive order (EO) means the agency will overhaul the rules and those changes could significantly alter the outcome of the suits. The GHG rule for existing sources known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP) is “under close scrutiny by the EPA, and the prior positions taken by...