Federal Judge Upholds Abeyance Of Power Plant Exemption Suit Amid EPA Rule Repeal

( November 7, 2025, 9:20 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge denied a motion filed by a group of environmental nonprofits to reconsider holding in abeyance a lawsuit the groups filed against President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a proclamation that exempts nearly one-third of the country’s coal-fired power plants from pollution standards promulgated in 2024 that target “highly toxic substances” in light of the EPA’s plan to repeal the rule....