BREAKING: Supreme Court Sides With North Carolina, Halts Overreaching EPA Power Rules That Will Raise Power Bills | Eastern NC Now

After the Supreme Court sided with North Carolina and 26 other states, halting the implementation of the EPA's overreaching power plant rules, NCGOP Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse released the following statement...

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 Raleigh, N.C.     After the Supreme Court sided with North Carolina and 26 other states, halting the implementation of the EPA's overreaching power plant rules, NCGOP Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse released the following statement:

 "The Supreme Court's decision is a huge victory for North Carolina and states against overreaching federal regulations, but Attorney General Roy Cooper was nowhere to be found. Instead of doing his job and suing to block harmful DC regulations, he sided with Washington, bureaucrats and special interests over protecting North Carolina families from higher electricity bills."

Background:


EPA Rules Would Increase A North Carolina Family's Average Utility Bill By Over $400 ("Energy market impacts of recent federal regulations on the electric power sector, Energy Ventures Analysis, 11/2014)

EPA Rules Would Kill Thousands Of North Carolina Jobs And Cost The Economy Billions (Brian Balfour, "EPA Rules to Cost NC Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Drive Up Electricity Costs," Civitas Institute, 1/28/2015; Kevin Dayaratna, Ph.D and David Kreutzer, Ph.d, "The Obama Administration's Climate Agenda: Underestimated Costs and Exaggerated Benefits, Chart 2, The Heritage Foundation, 11/13/14)

Roy Cooper Has Opposed Taking Legal Action Against The Federal Government To Block Harmful Power Regulations, Forcing Governor McCrory's Administration To Take Legal Action To Protect North Carolina

  • "McCrory's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is bringing the lawsuit, rather than the state's Attorney General, who normally represents the state. NC Attorney General Roy Cooper has declined to support the challenge to the [EPA rules]." (Blog: "NC takes EPA to court," NC League of Conservation Voters, 11/2/2015)

The Attorney General Is Responsible For Defending The State of North Carolina In Court (NCDOJ.gov, Accessed 1/28/2016)

Instead of Suing, Roy Cooper Wants To Force NC To Comply With Harmful EPA Regulations (Mark Barrett, "Roy Cooper: NC should develop air plan instead of suing," Asheville Citizen-Times, 8/12/2015)

Roy Cooper Failed To Join A Bipartisan Group of 16 Attorneys General Who Wrote To EPA Opposing New Power Regulations

  • "Attorney General Roy Cooper has warned leaders in the General Assembly that resisting new federal clean-air regulations poses legal and environmental concerns" (Craig Jarvis, "Cooper warns against opposing new EPA carbon rules," The News & Observer, 8/11/2015)

In August, Governor McCrory Joined 28 Other States To Sue The Obama Administration To Block The Harmful EPA Regulations (Ben Bradford, "McCrory Will Sue EPA Over Carbon Rule," WFAE, 8/4/2015)

When It Comes To Imposing Harmful EPA Regulations, Roy Cooper Is More Extreme Than Former Senator Kay Hagan, Who Urged The Obama Administration To Delay Implementation (John Frank, "Morning Memo: Kay Hagan adds name to push to delay EPA rules," Raleigh News & Observer, 5/28/2014)

Attorney General Cooper Has Cost North Carolina Taxpayers $7 Million For Not Doing His Job

  • Since 2011 through October 2015, lawmakers have been forced to spend $7 million in legal fees defending North Carolina where Roy Cooper chooses not too (Tyler Dukes, "As attorney general, GOP clash, spending on private lawyers skyrocketing," WRAL-TV, 1/25/2016)
  • While Roy Cooper Continues To Ignore His Responsibilities, Governor McCrory Joined With 28 Other States Asking Supreme Court To Put EPA Regulations On Hold (David Boraks, "NC Asks Supreme Court to Delay US Clean Power Rules," WFAE, 1/28/2016)


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