"EPA Wins U.S. Court Reversal Over Coal Jobs Study"

"A federal appeals court said the Environmental Protection Agency should not have been ordered by a lower court judge to assess how its air regulations affect coal industry jobs, in a defeat for Murray Energy Corp, a large coal miner.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled on Thursday that in passing the Clean Air Act, Congress did not authorize lawsuits such as Murray's, depriving federal courts of jurisdiction to hear them.

Murray had accused the EPA, during the Obama administration, of overstepping its authority by imposing regulations without regard for their economic and employment impact.

The 3-0 decision was also a defeat for 16 U.S. states, all but one with Republican governors, that supported Murray."

Jonathan Stempel reports for Reuters June 29, 2017.