Daily on Energy: How the EPA power plant rule is playing politically

THE RESPONSE: The political and legal fallout from the Environmental Protection Agency finalizing rules to limit power plant emissions this morning has been swift and, mostly, predictable. 

In terms of the legal response, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey immediately said that he would sue to overturn the rule. So did the National Mining Association. Both cited the Supreme Court decision striking down the Obama power plant rules in West Virginia v. EPA as reason to think the new rules are vulnerable. Of course, the rules were crafted in large part to survive such legal challenges.

On the congressional front, Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito blasted the rules as “illegal” and said she would be introducing a resolution under the Congressional

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