States bring appeal against EPA rules to U.S. Supreme Court

Attorneys general from nine states filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act provision that seeks to regulate interstate power plant emissions. The rule "is a blatant attempt to promote a reckless agenda that picks winners and losers and puts our nation's goal for energy independence in a tenuous position," said West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. Aside from Morrisey, attorneys general from Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana, Missouri, Kentucky and Arkansas also signed the appeal. The Hill/E2 Wire blog (11/7)