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Utah lauds, environmentalists lament Supreme Court for limiting EPA on clean power

Gov. Spencer Cox insists the state is making gains without federal rules, but green groups warn climate change is going largely unchecked.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune 10/23/2009 Coal truck leaves the coal-fired Hunter Power Plant just south of Castle Dale after making a delivery. Plants like Hunter would have faced restrictions under the Clean Power Plan, but the U.S. Supreme Court has limited EPA's power to regulate the carbon production that causes climate change.