States Plan Lawsuit Over Coal Market Impacts Of EPA Mercury Rule

The governor of Illinois and the state's new senator, Barack Obama (D-IL), are joining a growing number of state officials mostly in the East who are concerned that EPA's mercury regulations create an unfair advantage for coal mined in the West, setting the stage for these states to file suit over the rule following its publication in the Federal Register. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has announced that he would join a chorus of states in challenging the power plant...