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On June 2, 2014, the EPA published draft rules to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants under the authority in the [[Clean Air Act]].<ref> Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-will-propose-a-rule-to-cut-emissions-from-existing-coal-plants-by-up-to-30-percent/2014/06/02/f37f0a10-e81d-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html] Everything you need to know about the EPA’s proposed rule on coal plants, Washington Post, June 2, 2014. </ref> At a December 2013 ALEC conference in Washington DC, participants were reportedly told to engage in "Guerrilla Warfare" against the EPA.<ref> Aliya Haq, [http://www.livescience.com/41928-warfare-against-pollution-standards.html?cmpid=514645] Secretive Group Calls for 'Guerrilla Warfare' on EPA, Washington Post, December 13, 2013. </ref> At the same conference, the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] adopted two new model bills opposing EPA regulation of power plants.<ref> Aliya Haq, [http://www.livescience.com/41928-warfare-against-pollution-standards.html?cmpid=514645] Secretive Group Calls for 'Guerrilla Warfare' on EPA, Washington Post, December 13, 2013. </ref> The [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] held a secret roundtable discussion in December 2013, with members of industry and state legislators, to plan its opposition to the expected draft EPA standards.<ref> Suzanne Goldenberg, [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/02/barack-obamas-emissions-plan-comes-under-new-line-of-attack] Barack Obama's emissions plan comes under new line of attack, Guardian, May 2, 2014. </ref> According to documents obtained by the [[Center for Media and Democracy]], legislators were told that they should budget for possible litigation over the then not yet released draft standards.<ref> Suzanne Goldenberg, [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/02/barack-obamas-emissions-plan-comes-under-new-line-of-attack] Barack Obama's emissions plan comes under new line of attack, Guardian, May 2, 2014. </ref>   In 2011, the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] submitted comments to the EPA in which it stated: “Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring, non-toxic and beneficial gas, and it poses no direct threat to public health."<ref> Kert Davies, [http://www.climateinvestigations.org/alec_hates_the_climate] ALEC Hates the Climate, Climate Investigations Center, February 20, 2014. </ref>