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Tuesday, October 24th, 2023

Group of GOP-led states asks Supreme Court to halt Biden cross-state smog plan

Author:     Michael Macagnone
Source:     Roll Call
Publication Date:     October 18, 2023 | 3:57pm
 Link: Group of GOP-led states asks Supreme Court to halt Biden cross-state smog plan
Stephan:  

The Republicans as this story makes glaringly clear just do not care about the wellbeing of the people they purport to serve. They say they do, but they don’t, and they don’t care about societal wellbeing. Their actions on a wide range of issues demonstrate this again and again. And yet, Americans just don’t seem to comprehend it.

The states’ emergency application asks justices to overrule an appeals court decision and halt enforcement of a federal rule that requires 23 states to reduce emissions in power generation and other industries to help reduce smog and other air pollution in neighboring states. Credit: Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call

A group of GOP-led states and industry groups on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to prevent the EPA from enforcing a Biden administration emissions and clean air rule.

Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia filed a lawsuit to challenge the so-called Good Neighbor Rule, and last month a federal appeals court in Washington declined to stop the program as that case moves through the legal process.

The states filed an emergency application that asks the justices to overrule that appeals court decision and halt enforcement, as did two industry groups in separate applications also filed Wednesday.

Among other reasons, the states contend that leaving the rule in place harms them because of “the time, money, and other resources spent on complying with an unlawful federal […]

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