EPA Power Plant Mercury Rule Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Obama administration went too far with new power-plant pollution caps the government estimates will cost almost $10 billion a year.
The justices today said they will hear industry and state contentions that the Environmental Protection Agency didn’t adequately consider those costs when it limited mercury and other hazardous pollutants. The affected companies include American Electric Power Co., Duke Energy Corp. and Southern Co.