Supreme Court Revives EPA Rule on Air Pollution Across State Lines

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency can reinstate limits on power-plant pollution that blows across state lines, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, handing a defeat to electric utilities that opposed the effort as costly regulatory overreach.

The court's 6-2 ruling breathes new life into a 2011 EPA measure known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which requires 28 states to reduce emissions that hurt air quality in...

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