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Montana joins lawsuit challenging clean-power rules

djohnson| October 26, 2015| Home Page - Read the Latest, Media Center, News

Billings GazetteNew regulations to slash emissions from coal-fired power plants took effect Friday, appearing in a list of fresh federal rules.

Within hours, Montana joined 23 other states in a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to halt implementation and ultimately overturn the rule known as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.

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