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A coal-fired power plant.
In a rebuke to the administration of President Donald Trump on its last full day, a federal appeals court has struck down its replacement for Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
The action, in a 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, leaves President-elect Joe Biden with the opportunity to enact perhaps an even stronger version of what had been viewed by many as one of the top achievements of the Obama administration’s effort to fight climate change.
The incoming administration has repeatedly signaled that addressing climate change will be a major priority. This ruling gives Biden the ability to aggressively move forward on reducing a significant source of carbon pollution sooner than later, according to environmental advocates.