Jindal: Legal action 'on the table' to combat EPA rules

Source: CNN

Jindal: Legal action 'on the table' to combat EPA rules

(CNN) – Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency is "on the table" in efforts to counter the Obama administration's proposed restrictions on carbon emission from power plants.

The Louisiana Republican and potential 2016 presidential candidate said Washington is waging a "war on coal," calling the EPA rules part of a "radical ideology" in President Barack Obama's energy policy.

Jindal joined three other Republican governors, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who's also considering a run for the White House, in arguing the environmental protection agency's actions would harm their states' economies and raise energy prices.

The White House has taken on climate change as a top issue in Obama's second term, announcing earlier this month proposed restrictions on power plants that would reduce emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. Obama's rollout of the administration's new effort to reduce the nation's biggest source of pollution blamed for global warming has incited a firestorm of criticism from Congress and sparked a multimillion-dollar campaign backed by the energy industry seeking to debunk the science of climate change.


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