Obama's carbon reduction plan under attack from 24 states and Republicans

Source: The Guardian

Twenty-four states have filed lawsuits against Barack Obama’s rules for cutting carbon pollution from power plants, the first wave of a much-anticipated legal and political onslaught against his climate change plan.

The challenge filed on Friday asked a federal court in Washington DC, to strike down the power plant rules, thus gutting the heart of Obama’s climate plan.

John Hoeven, a Republican Senator from North Dakota, said on Friday he would introduce two separate resolutions challenging the rules for new and existing power plants. He said in a statement that the rules would make it virtually impossible to build new plants in his state.

Administration officials have said repeatedly they believe they are in a strong position to beat back both sets of challenges.

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