October 07, 2014
A Nebraska federal judge on Monday threw out that state's challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule capping carbon emissions at new power plants, finding the rule isn't yet a final agency decision that would be subject to judicial review.
January 22, 2014
Nebraska's legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon emission caps for new power plants has potentially fatal jurisdictional flaws, but experts say the suit's core argument has legs and likely will inspire others to file similar attacks once the final regulations are issued.
January 16, 2014
Nebraska on Wednesday launched the first lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule capping carbon emissions at new power plants, arguing that the proposed limits are wrongfully predicated on federally funded, commercially unviable pollution control technology.