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Supreme Court to hear arguments on blocking cross-state pollution rule
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The high court will hear oral arguments about whether to block a Biden administration rule that seeks to limit interstate smog pollution.
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The rule in question — known as the “Good Neighbor” rule — seeks to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, which can form smog, from power plants and industrial facilities in upwind states so that pollution does not flow to downwind states.
The Supreme Court issued an order on Wednesday saying that it would hear arguments in February on whether to block the rule.
The order comes after Republican attorneys general and affected industries asked the court to stay the rule after a lower court declined to do so.
They have argued that it would harm their industries and citizens by requiring money to be spent on compliance and could undermine their power grids.
The Environmental Protection Agency has touted anticipated health benefits from the reduced pollution — saying when it proposed the rule that it would prevent 1,300 premature deaths in 2026 alone.
Read more in a full report at TheHill.com.
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Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter, I’m Rachel Frazin — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains.
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How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future:
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The Biden administration has auctioned off the rights to drill for oil and gas on 1.7 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico in what will be the last offshore drilling auction it holds until 2025.
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The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will disperse $600 million in grants aimed at combating pollution in disadvantaged communities through regional “grantmaking” organizations.
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Thousands of autoworkers from foreign-owned non-union factories across the Southeast are seeking to organize their workplaces amid the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing boom.
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Clay bricks from the building projects of ancient kings recorded a historical “map” of changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, a new study has found. About 3,000 years ago, for reasons …
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News we’ve flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics:
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Two key stories on The Hill right now:
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Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb predicted Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court could rule “9-0” in favor of former President Trump in a potential appeal of Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that would kick Trump off the state’s ballot. Read more
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is throwing a wrench into Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) effort to confirm two former aides to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), escalating a feud between the first-term conservative senator and the veteran party leader. Read more
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