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From: Alastair McIntosh12/9/2014 9:55:39 AM
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Obama Harvard Law Professor Tribe Calls Key EPA Rule ‘Overreach’

Harvard University law professor Laurence Tribe, a mentor to President Barack Obama, said the administration’s carbon rule for power plants is “a remarkable example of executive overreach” that raises “serious constitutional questions.”

Tribe, who submitted joint comments to the Environmental Protection Agency with coal producer Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU), said the agency should withdraw its plan to cut emissions from power plants because it reverses decades of federal support for coal.

“The Proposed Rule lacks any legal basis and should be withdrawn,” Tribe and Peabody wrote in their filing, which law firms for the company said was submitted to EPA on the Dec. 1 deadline. Peabody, the nation’s largest coal producer, has declined more than 44 percent in trading since the EPA plan was unveiled at the beginning of June.

Calls and e-mail messages left with Tribe’s assistant at Harvard weren’t immediately returned. Lawyers at two law firms listed on the filing confirmed that Tribe’s comments were genuine.

The EPA’s plan is the centerpiece of Obama’s effort to combat global warming. The proposal would require a 30 percent cut in carbon emissions by 2030 from 2005 levels. The plan is designed to replace coal as the chief source for electricity generation with natural gas, renewable power and efficiency.

bloomberg.com
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