By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia officials have been pushing back against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants since the proposed set of rules were released in May 2023.
West Virginia joined several legal actions against the EPA rules, including a multi-state coalition that urged the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene earlier this year.
With a changing of the guard in Washington on the horizon, it remains to be see what will happen with a set of rules stakeholders of West Virginia’s energy industry have said are specifically designed to force coal-fired power plants to close.
President-elect Donald Trump has already announced his pick to lead the EPA, former New York congressman Lee Zeldin.
West Virginia Attorney General-elect John “J.B.” McCuskey said he believes Zeldin will do away with the proposed rules altogether.
