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Washington, D.C. (June, 29 2015) – Today the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in Michigan v. EPA. The court invalidated the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxic Standards rule, also known as Utility MACT, because the agency refused to consider the rule’s economic costs.   

Western Caucus Chairman Cynthia Lummis (WY-at large) issued the following statement in response:

“Today’s decision confirms what many of us already knew, that the EPA disregarded the human and economic costs of its regulations,” said Chairman Lummis.  “Much of the damage of this particular rule has already been inflicted, on the families in coal country losing steady paychecks and on the electricity ratepayers who have had to foot the bill for premature, forced plant closures.  But I am hopeful the ruling brings much-needed accountability to an EPA that seems more preoccupied with grabbing more power over peoples’ lives than it does following the rules.”

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