Red States and Coal Groups Fight Biden Power Plant Rule (1)

More than two dozen states joined rural power companies and coal advocates Thursday in challenging a new Biden administration rule that forces US power plants to stifle planet-warming pollution, calling it an unlawful bid to remake the nation’s electricity system.

The lawsuits, filed on the first day possible in a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, set up a fight over the future of greenhouse gas reductions at the nation’s power plants just as data centers, artificial intelligence and industrial manufacturing are boosting electricity demand. They also present a test for a core piece of President Joe Biden’s agenda ...