The Kyger Creek coal-fired power plant in Gallia County, Ohio, near the state’s border with West Virginia. halbergman / E+ / Getty Images
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The United States Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear oral arguments in a case looking to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing a federal regulation — the “Good Neighbor” Rule — that protects people in states downwind from industrial and coal plant pollution that drifts across state lines, a press release from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said.
The request was made by the states of Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio; the U.S. Steel Corporation; pipeline operators; and energy…
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