US Supreme Court declines to block EPA’s carbon capture rule for power plants

The US Supreme Court has denied requests from electric utility trade groups for an emergency stay of a final Environmental Protection Agency rule requiring 90% carbon capture at existing coal-fired power plants and new gas-fired generators by 2032. In a brief Oct. 16 order, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said applicants for the stay, including the Edison Electric Institute and National Rural…The US Supreme Court has denied requests from electric utility trade groups for an emergency stay of a final Environmental Protection Agency rule requiring 90% carbon capture at existing coal-fired power plants and new gas-fired generators by 2032. In a brief Oct. 16 order, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said applicants for the stay, including the Edison Electric Institute and National Rural…Read More