D.C. Circuit declines to stall carbon pollution standards for power plants in preliminary win for clean air and climate
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied attempts to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rules setting carbon pollution limits for power plants. Industry and state challengers had sought to stall EPA’s recently finalized carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing coal-fired and performance standards for new gas-fired power plants.
“EPA took the Supreme Court’s direction on the Clean Air Act to heart when it issued the power plant rules, and the D.C. Circuit’s order reflects that,” said Frank Sturges, Attorney at Clean Air Task Force (CATF). “We’re pleased that the court denied this first attempt to block these rules, but we expect it won’t be the last. CATF will continue to defend these carbon pollution limits and the benefits they will deliver for the climate and public health against legal attack.”
CATF represents the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, Clean Air Council, and Clean Wisconsin as intervenors in defense of EPA’s rules. The cases are West Virginia et al. v. EPA, No. 24-1120, and associated cases.
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Samantha Sadowski, directrice des communications, États-Unis, ssadowski@catf.us, +1 202-440-1717
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Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is a global nonprofit organization working to safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change by catalyzing the rapid development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies. With more than 25 years of internationally recognized expertise on climate policy and a fierce commitment to exploring all potential solutions, CATF is a pragmatic, non-ideological advocacy group with the bold ideas needed to address climate change. CATF has offices in Boston, Washington D.C., and Brussels, with staff working virtually around the world. Visit catf.us and follow @cleanaircatf.
