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Legal opposition to Clean Power Plan temporarily suspended

Information below comes from the Environmental Defense Fund and was released June 26, 2018. (Image below from Tennessee Valley Authority).
With serious reservations expressed by three judges, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has again issued a limited 60-day abeyance of litigation over the Clean Power Plan. The court also once again rejected EPA’s request for indefinite suspension of the litigation.
In separate concurrences, three judges raised specific and pointed concerns that Clean Power Plan opponents are abusing the current status of the litigation to avoid EPA’s duty to protect Americans from the threat of climate pollution.
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