Industry Lawyers Flag Legal Worries In Power Plant GHG ‘Contribution’ Plan

Industry lawyers warn that EPA’s sweeping proposal that power plant greenhouse gases do not “significantly contribute” to harmful emissions may violate numerous Supreme Court decisions, and that it appears to undercut the agency’s broader effort to block future administrations from issuing tough GHG limits. One industry lawyer says EPA should instead focus on developing its backup proposal that would largely repeal Biden-era limits -- retaining the agency’s threshold authority to regulate GHGs -- by asserting that carbon capture and storage...