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Supreme Court Halts Obama Power Plant 'Power Grab'

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A coalition made up of 27 states and coal industry leaders are celebrating. That's because President Barack Obama's plan to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions has been put on ice by the Supreme Court until a federal appeals court can rule on whether or not it's legal.

The president says his clean energy plan is necessary to address climate change. Critics call it a power grab and war on coal.

For more on what this means for your power bill, White House Correspondent Jennifer Wishon spoke with Luke Popovich, with the National Mining Association, one of the groups that's filed suit against the president's plan. Click play to watch.

The ruling signals the justices were won over by strong arguments against the rules.

Many states opposing the plan depend on economic activity tied to such fossil fuels as coal, oil and gas.

They argued that power plants will have to spend billions of dollars to begin complying with a rule that may end up being overturned.

To convince the high court to temporarily halt the plan, opponents had to convince the justices that there was a "fair prospect" the court would strike down the rule.

The court also had to consider whether denying a stay would cause irreparable harm to the states and utility companies affected.

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Jennifer
Wishon

As Senior Washington Correspondent for CBN News, Jennifer covers the intersection of faith and politics - often producing longer format stories that dive deep into the most pressing issues facing Americans today. A 20-year veteran journalist, Jennifer has spent most of her career covering politics, most recently at the White House as CBN's chief White House Correspondent covering the Obama and Trump administrations. She's also covered Capitol Hill along with a slew of major national stories from the 2008 financial crisis to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and every election in between. Jennifer