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SCOTUS puts regulation of power plant emissions on hold

A March 12, 2015 photo shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
A March 12, 2015 photo shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Photo by Mandel Ngan/ AFP/ Getty Images.


Cara Horowitz, of UCLA School of Law and the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, joins KPCC’s Take Two to discuss the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 split decision to put regulation of power plant emissions on hold. The court’s decision puts a temporary halt on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan while it considers legal challenges from 29 states and energy industry groups.

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