Now that the Environmental Protection Agency’s historic Clean Power Plan has been finalized and officially printed in the Federal Register, big polluters and their allies in Congress are moving beyond their “sky is falling” campaign to active legal and legislative maneuvers to stall state implementation of the CPP.

They are now ready and able to use lawsuits, the Congressional Review Act, appropriation riders and other means to get in the way of state implementation. Republican congressional leaders had already tried to convince states and the public that action on climate change requires a choice between our health and our economy. Republican attorneys general are doing the same in the courts, many in opposition to even their own governors and states, which are moving forward with the development of state plans. However, most Americans know this is a false choice. Many within the Republican Party and industry are starting to acknowledge that false choice too. In fact, momentum has started to turn against deniers in the GOP.