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Rural electric co-ops sue to stop EPA power plant regulations

Carbon capture and sequestration still unproven, group says
EPA’s new power plant rule relies heavily on carbon capture and sequestration to meet stringent new carbon dioxide reduction requirements, but rural electric cooperatives and 23 states say it’s unproven and are fighting in court to get it stopped.
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Daybreak June 21: Stabenow, Ernst introduce foreign land ownership bill

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, are proposing a bill requiring the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review foreign entities’ land purchases or leases exceeding $4 million or 320 acres of land over the past three years and adding the Agriculture Secretary as a member of the panel.
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SCOTUS GHG decision could have far-reaching impacts

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is warning that the court’s decision last week in a highly anticipated environmental case could have a chilling effect on the ability of government agencies and Congress to protect the public from harm. But other critics of the decision don't see think the implications are that dire. One potential test awaits in October with a wetlands jurisdiction case.
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