Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 17:26:47 GMT -6
The Kansas Senate has passed a bill that would block a state regulatory commission from spending money to study how to comply with new federal clean-power rules until a legal challenge is resolved.
The chamber’s 37-2 vote on Thursday night sends the measure to the House.
The vote came just two days after a divided U.S. Supreme Court put President Barack Obama’s signature plan to address climate change on hold amid the legal challenges. The federal rules require states to develop plans for reducing carbon emissions from power plants, and each state is assigned targets over the next 15 years.
The Kansas Corporation Commission had been searching for a consulting firm to work on a study of what the state would be required to do to comply, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-12/senate-passes-bill-blocking-study-clean-power-rules
The chamber’s 37-2 vote on Thursday night sends the measure to the House.
The vote came just two days after a divided U.S. Supreme Court put President Barack Obama’s signature plan to address climate change on hold amid the legal challenges. The federal rules require states to develop plans for reducing carbon emissions from power plants, and each state is assigned targets over the next 15 years.
The Kansas Corporation Commission had been searching for a consulting firm to work on a study of what the state would be required to do to comply, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-12/senate-passes-bill-blocking-study-clean-power-rules