Only two weeks ago a US federal court ruled that the CPP could advance along its planned timeline while courts weighed the legal challenges brought against it by a multitude of powerful opponents, including several dozen states and the US Chamber of Commerce.
But the Supreme Court disagreed with the lower court's ruling, siding instead with power utilities who argue that the CPP’s provisions would force them to begin changing their ways irreversibly before the ultimate legality of the plan is settled in the courts.
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