News Alert: Supreme Court rules against Obama's push to cut power plant emissions

HUFFPOST ALERT Supreme Court Rules Against Obama's Push To Cut Power Plant Emissions Jeff Swensen via Getty Images WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out an Environmental Protection Agency regulation limiting mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants on Monday, undermining the Obama administration's drive to cut pollution from electricity generators as a way to slow climate change. The case looked at the EPA's regulation of mercury and other emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act, which Republicans have attacked as a "war on coal" and an example of presidential overreach. Read the whole story Follow HuffPost on Facebook and Twitter Know something we don't? Email us at breakingnews@huffingtonpost.com Unsubscribe | Forward | Manage your notification preferences 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003