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"Trump Administration Halts Pollution Controls At Utah Plants" [1]

"SALT LAKE CITY -- An appeals court granted a request Monday from President Donald Trump's administration to halt a plan for new pollution controls at Utah's oldest coal-fired power plants aimed at reducing haze near national parks.

The development marks a reversal for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which last year under Barack Obama unveiled the rules and defended itself in a lawsuit brought by Utah and Rocky Mountain Power.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals approved EPA administrator Scott Pruitt's request to halt that lawsuit while his agency revises a plan that called for new equipment to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at two coal plants in Emery County."

Brady McCombs reports for the Associated Press September 11, 2017. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
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Source: AP [2], 09/13/2017
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