25 Republican AGs Sue to Upend New Fossil Fuel Plant Carbon Capture Rules by Ryan Morgan – US Politics News

A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general is suing to stop new carbon capture regulations the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to impose on fossil-fuel-fired power plants.
The EPA announced the publication of a final rule on April 25 for new natural gas turbines and existing coal-fired power plants to implement hydrogen co-firing and carbon capture and sequestration/storage (CCS) to lower their output of carbon emissions. The move won praise for President Joe Biden’s administration from environmental groups but prompted alarm from fossil fuel industry allies.
On Thursday, Republican West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led a multi-state petition for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the new EPA rule. The petition calls for the court to declare these new EPA regulations unlawful….