| Utah high court decision could weigh in on national emissions debate |
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| Written by Greenwire | |
| Friday, 10 October 2008 | |
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Debate over a proposed coal-fired power plant in Utah's Supreme Court
could have national ramifications in the growing debate over regulation
of greenhouse gases. Justices yesterday heard oral arguments on two cases intended to force the Sevier Power Co. to use the toughest pollution-control technology available for the planned 270-megawatt coal-fired power station it has planned for Sigurd. The debates came a day after justices issued an emergency order that would allow Sevier County citizens to vote on the plant in the Nov. 4 election (Greenwire, Oct. 9). The outcome of both the vote and the justices' decisions could cause even longer delays for the $600 million power plant. Joro Walker, an attorney with the Utah chapter of the Sierra Club, said the case is one of several in state courts to question whether greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide should be regulated as a pollutant, as a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case directed. Several state courts in Kansas, Colorado and Georgia have considered cases recently that addressed the relationship between coal-fired power plants and climate change. Walker said the Utah court's decision would be the first state high court to weigh in on the national debate about the need to regulate greenhouse gases (Judy Fahys, Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 9). -- KJH
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