A recent federal court ruling to delay U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency plans to enforce tougher clean air standards for power plants,
has left both critics and defenders wondering whether the decision did
in fact signal the death knell for implementation of the new rules.
On December 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a
stay of the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which would have
required power plants in 27 states beginning January 1 to comply with new
regulations designed to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
emissions.
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The proposed Taylorville Energy Center in Christian County would not
be required to capture its carbon dioxide emissions nor limit its
overall CO2 emissions, according to a 
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