{"id":5073,"date":"2014-05-01T10:48:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2014-05-01T10:48:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T15:48:15","slug":"epa-getting-it-right-supreme-court-affirms-epas-common-sense-approach-to-controlling-air-pollution-from-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2014\/05\/01\/epa-getting-it-right-supreme-court-affirms-epas-common-sense-approach-to-controlling-air-pollution-from-power-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Getting It Right: Supreme Court Affirms EPA\u2019s Common-Sense Approach to Controlling Air Pollution from Power Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(This post was co-authored by EDF Attorneys\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/megan-ceronsky\">Megan Ceronsky<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/graham-mccahan\">Graham McCahan<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a tremendous victory for clean air, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision this week upholding the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.<\/p>\n<p>The high court found the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) rule to be a:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>permissible, workable, and equitable interpretation of [the Clean Air Act]. (<em>page 32 of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/13pdf\/12-1182_bqm1.pdf\">the decision<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule is a common-sense and cost-effective framework to protect American communities from the dangerous air pollution that is emitted by coal-fired power plants and then carried by the wind from one state to another.<\/p>\n<p>The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule implements the \u201cgood neighbor\u201d provision of the Clean Air Act, which Congress put in place to address this problem.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cgood neighbor\u201d provision requires each state to curb emissions from in-state power plants that interfere with the ability of downwind states to secure clean and safe air for their citizens.<\/p>\n<p>By cutting the emissions that create smog and soot, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule &#8212; when implemented \u2013 will avoid up to 34,000 premature deaths, prevent 400,000 asthma attacks, and provide up to $280 billion in health and environmental benefits <b><i>each year<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Downwind communities will finally have cleaner, safer air to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>This victory is only the latest in a series of court decisions upholding EPA\u2019s actions to address harmful pollution from power plants as firmly grounded in law and science.<\/p>\n<p>Just two weeks ago, for example, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the agency\u2019s landmark standards to cut <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2014\/04\/15\/toxic-mercury-pollution-limits-survive-major-court-challenge\/\">mercury and other toxic pollutants<\/a> emitted by power plants.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercury standards will eliminate 90 percent of the mercury emitted by coal-fired power plants. They will avoid 11,000 premature deaths each year while preventing thousands of heart attacks, bronchitis cases, and asthma attacks. They will also save up to $90 billion a year by reducing sick days and trips to emergency rooms.<\/p>\n<p>As we look forward to the proposal of the Carbon Pollution Standards for power plants, we expect more of the same &#8212; common-sense, cost-effective standards, built on a solid legal foundation, which will finally curb climate-destabilizing emissions from the largest source of this pollution in our country.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling made Tuesday a wonderful day for clean air.<\/p>\n<p>We believe more good air days are yet to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This post was co-authored by EDF Attorneys\u00a0Megan Ceronsky\u00a0and Graham McCahan) In a tremendous victory for clean air, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision this week upholding the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. 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