The Mohave Power Station near Laughlin, Nevada
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who’s reportedly mulling a run for the presidency, said his state isn’t going to abide President Obama’s planned reduction rules on coal-fired plants because the standards would prove impossible to abide.
“[They’re] unworkable,” he said, in a letter to Obama, the Associated Press reported.
He also called them “riddled with inaccuracies [and] questionable assumptions” and said they will not lead to “significant and meaningful changes” in the anti-pollution fight, the AP reported.
Wisconsin, along with 14 other states, has sued the Environmental Protection Agency to block the Clean Power Plan, a vision from Obama to curb carbon dioxide emission levels by 30 percent by 2030.
Walker said the regulatory compliance costs could hit his state at around $13.4 billion. The rules would also hike electricity rates by almost 30 percent, he said.
Democratic senators have written their own letter, urging governors to comply with the EPA.
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