Prof. James Coleman Interviewed by E&E News About Possible Rollbacks of Environmental and Energy Rules

Professor James Coleman was interviewed by E&E News by Politico about how Trump will attempt to rollback environmental protections. The new administration is expected to try to reverse course — again — on EPA limits on climate pollution from new gas- and existing coal-fired power plants. While the Supreme Court had frozen the Obama-era Clean Power Plan before Trump first took office in 2017, giving EPA space to develop the 2019 Affordable Clean Energy rule, this time around, the justices have already declined to do so. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled oral arguments in the litigation over Biden’s regulation for Dec. 6. Although some legal analysts said it would be an uphill battle because courts have already denied a stay and the case is so far advanced, the Supreme Court may be persuaded to intervene according to Prof. Coleman. He said the new administration “might want to be on the record as soon as possible” with its critiques of the Biden rule. “You’d have a stronger case if you had the solicitor general also saying, ‘This is having an immediate impact on industry.'”