"WASHINGTON -- A Supreme Court ruling that delays a key element of President Barack Obama's strategy to fight climate change will likely push a final decision on the issue to the next president, the Senate's Republican leader said Monday as he urged the nation's 50 governors to continue a "wait-and-see" approach on Obama's plan.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky advised the governors to defy Obama's effort to limit carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants by refusing to submit compliance plans to the Environmental Protection Agency.

In a follow-up letter to the governors Monday, McConnell said the Supreme Court's Feb. 9 ruling reinforces his view that states should refuse to act on the power plant proposal until all court challenges are decided."

Matthew Daly reports for the Associated Press March 21, 2016. [2]