Post by Logan on Feb 22, 2016 2:08:23 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — Indiana won’t come up with its own plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, even if a federal reduction requirement is upheld in court, Gov. Mike Pence said Saturday.
The federal rule, known as the Clean Power Plan, recently was put on hold by the Supreme Court until legal challenges are finished.
That left states in the position of deciding whether to keep working on how to achieve the reductions if the plan is upheld.
The attorneys general of West Virginia and Texas, who had taken the lead in the multi-state challenge to the rule that Indiana also joined, have told states they should “put their pencils down.”
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/02/20/pence-defy-coal-plant-rules/80674462/
The federal rule, known as the Clean Power Plan, recently was put on hold by the Supreme Court until legal challenges are finished.
That left states in the position of deciding whether to keep working on how to achieve the reductions if the plan is upheld.
The attorneys general of West Virginia and Texas, who had taken the lead in the multi-state challenge to the rule that Indiana also joined, have told states they should “put their pencils down.”
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/02/20/pence-defy-coal-plant-rules/80674462/