EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency is going to announce the full details of its plan today to start regulating the amount of carbon emissions new coal and gas power plants can emit. Court challenges by the energy industry are predicted, the Washington Post reports.

A federal judge from the Middle District of Pennsylvania has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to require farmers and developers and others to reduce the amount of pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay watershed upstream from the terrifically polluted bay. The Washington Post reports the six-state effort is one of the most sweeping efforts ever to address pollution.