FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
February 9, 2016
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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ATTORNEY GENERAL STRANGE PRAISES U.S. SUPREME COURT STAY OF
OBAMA EPA’S CLEAN POWER PLAN
(MONTGOMERY) – Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange praised the U.S. Supreme
Court’s decision late Tuesday to stay the Obama administration from enforcing its overreaching
Clean Power Plan while Alabama and 24 other states challenge the legality of the EPA rule in
federal court.
“This is a tremendous victory not only for the rule of law, but also for the people of Alabama
who stand to pay higher electric bills should the unprecedented and illegal EPA rule be enacted,”
said Attorney General Strange.
“The Obama administration’s EPA rule would shutter coal-fired power plants around the
country, including in Alabama, while killing jobs and raising power bills for hard-working
families. Just two weeks ago, Alabama joined 24 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court
to stay the onerous EPA ruling so that we could fight it in court. Today’s decision is very good
news and certainly bolsters the resolve of our coalition of states to press our case all the way to
the Supreme Court if necessary.”
Those urging the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately halt the EPA’s unlawful power plan
include: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, along with
the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Mississippi Public Service Commission,
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality.
U.S. Supreme Court stay attached
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501 Washington Avenue * Montgomery, AL 36104 * (334) 242-7300
www.ago.alabama.gov (ORDER LIST: 577 U.S.)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016
ORDER IN PENDING CASE
15A773 WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL. V EPA, ET AL.
The application for a stay submitted to The Chief Justice
and by him referred to the Court is granted. The Environmental
Protection Agency’s “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for
Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units,”
80 Fed. Reg. 64,662 (October 23, 2015), is stayed pending
disposition of the applicants’ petitions for review in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and
disposition of the applicants’ petition for a writ of certiorari,
if such writ is sought. If a writ of certiorari is sought and
the Court denies the petition, this order shall terminate
automatically. If the Court grants the petition for a writ of
certiorari, this order shall terminate when the Court enters its
judgment.
Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor, and
Justice Kagan would deny the application.
