Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a coalition of 25 states, led by West Virginia and Indiana, in requesting the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay on the implementation of a new rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning existing coal-, natural gas-, and oil-fired power plants.
This action follows the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to not block the rule. The EPA's regulation would require power plants using coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions with technologies that are currently considered unworkable or face shutdowns. This rule aims to impose stricter emissions standards under the Clean Air Act.
"Electricity prices are already high, but the Biden-Harris Administration doesn’t care. Their unelected bureaucrats will regulate traditional sources of electricity out of existence. As the last line of defense, we will not allow radical agencies like the EPA to wield illegal authority over states that will have devastating economic consequences on our great state," stated Attorney General Marshall.
The application for an emergency stay was also supported by Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.