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.
