Supreme Court Blocks EPAs Good Neighbor Rule Limiting Air Pollution Across State Lines [Video]

Drone view across the Ohio River and the farmland and forest landscape on the West Virginia side towards Cheshire, Ohio. In the distance, Kyger Creek Power Plant and Gavin Power Plant are sending up plumes of smoke and steam. halbergman / E+ / Getty Images

The United States Supreme Court has put a temporary hold on enforcement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s “Good Neighbor” plan that aims to reduce the drifting of dangerous air pollution from power plants and factories in states in the West and Midwest into those in the East.

The 5-4 decision of the Court granted requests by the states of Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia — along with oil and gas pipeline operator Kinder Morgan, U.S. Steel Corporation and industry groups — to stop enforcement of the rule …