RICHMOND, Va. – Attorney General Jason Miyares and representatives from 24 other states have filed an emergency motion requesting the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new regulations on existing coal-, natural gas-, and oil-fired power plants.
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to block the new regulation. The regulation mandates that fossil fuel power plants either capture smokestack emissions using underdeveloped and unproven technologies or shut down.
The states joining the West Virginia- and Indiana-led filing include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.