House Republicans on Wednesday approved legislative language aimed at keeping the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing President Obama’s signature environmental regulation on a voluntary basis while it’s blocked by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court blocked the Clean Power Plan, the EPA’s program for setting carbon emission cut goals for existing coal power plants, in February. However, the EPA has been implementing the Clean Energy Incentive Program, part of the Clean Power Plan, on a voluntary basis with states that are interested.
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