The Obama administration\u2019s\u00a0Clean Power Plan\u00a0suffered a setback on Tuesday\u00a0when the Supreme Court granted a stay to the program. In a 5-4 decision, the court sided in favor of petitioning states, utilities and coal companies that claimed that the federal government was overreaching its powers when it attempted to establish a national plan to move away from fossil-fuel based power. Requests for the Supreme Court to impose the stay were submitted in\u00a0January\u00a0after an appeals court ruled that the\u00a0plan could proceed\u00a0while legal challenges were being heard.The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling is an about-face to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and it comes at a critical time for the Obama administration\u2019s clean energy program, especially in light of the upcoming elections in November. While the administration can appeal the Supreme Court\u2019s order, arguments would not be considered until June and, pending acceptance by the higher court, likely wouldn\u2019t be scheduled until October or later this year. That leaves the fate of the Clean Power Plan in the hands of the upcoming presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2004105","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n