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U.S. Supreme Court deals major setback to environmentalists on power plant emissions

RBC I The United States Supreme Court two weeks ago dealt a setback to one of the biggest environmental actions of the Obama administration, a rule designed to slash mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants.

The court found that the Environmental Protection Agency acted irrationally and illegally when it failed to consider costs before it decided to write the first-ever regulations for this type of hazardous air pollution from electricity generated from…