Litigation: Democrats, former utility regulators back ACE challenge

Nearly 70 House Democrats and 10 senators, along with eight former Democratic Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) members, are urging a federal appeals court to reject EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) power plant greenhouse gas rule -- expanding a large coalition of critics into the political sphere. They join faith- and health-focused groups, climate scientists, grid experts, law professors and companies in backing the lawsuit , American Lung Association, et al. v. EPA, et al ., in the U.S. Court...