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Daines Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Issue Nationwide Stay on Clean Power Plan

Date: Feb. 9, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Energy Environment

Senator Steve Daines today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court decision to issue a nationwide stay on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan -- successfully blocking implementation of the plan while it's being challenged in court.

"The Supreme Court decision to issue a nationwide stay on the Obama administration's misguided, job-killing rule is great news for Montana. The so-called Clean Power Plan will kill Montana jobs and leads our country in the wrong direction--away from being an energy leader," Daines stated. "I appreciate Attorney General Tim Fox's continued leadership to fight these anti-coal regulations. While this stay is great news, I will continue to keep up the fight to permanently stop President Obama's job-killing agenda."

In October 2015, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox filed a lawsuit against the federal government to halt the Obama administration's so-called Clean Power Plan. More than half of the states have filed similar lawsuits.


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