Obama Unveils Final Clean Power Plan, but Will It Survive Court Challenge? -- an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 08/05/15 -- Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- As expected, the Obama administration's release of the finalized Clean Power Plan (CPP) on August 3 was met with sharp criticism by Republican lawmakers and coal interests, but enthusiastic support from environmental activists and clean-air advocates. The plan, the first time the federal government has regulated emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, has been under development for at least two years. An earlier draft rule drew more than 4.3 million comments.

Within this article: Reactions, both political and industrial, to President Barack Obama's new Clean Power Plan.

Additional companies: Arch Coal Incorporated (NYSE: ACI), Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANRZ), Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU), Cloud Peak Energy Incorporated (NYSE: CLD), Westmoreland Resource Partners (NYSE: WMLP)

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