8th Circ. Nixes Minn. Emissions Law But Can't Clear The Air

By Keith Goldberg (June 15, 2016, 8:13 PM EDT) -- The Eighth Circuit's fractured decision invalidating portions of a Minnesota law that effectively prohibited new coal-fired plants from supplying electricity to Minnesotans will embolden opponents of state-level efforts to combat climate change and inspire more legal challenges, but leaves the debate over how the U.S. Constitution affects state climate programs far from settled, experts say....

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