By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Andrew M Harris, Bloomberg News
President Barack Obama’s plan to rein in carbon pollution from power plants has been a boon for at least one group: the legal profession.
Electric utilities, labor unions, business groups, and coal miners have joined a 27-state coalition in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, a regulation that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Joining the agency in defense of the plan is an array of environmental groups, public health advocates, renewable-energy developers, large corporations, and 18 other states.
Sixteen lawyers are scheduled to address the U.S. Court ...
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