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A Climate Plan Businesses Can Like. Jody Freeman, Kate Konschnik, August 3, 2015, Opinion. "With the release of President Obama's Clean Power Plan, a flood of legal challenges will begin. Already, opponents have denounced the new rule limiting carbon pollution as unconstitutional. Behind the rattling sabers, however, there's a quieter story worth noticing. Many big players in the electric power industry will gain more with the rule in place than if the courts strike it down. The plan sends a clear market signal that low-carbon energy will be profitable. Many of America's most powerful investor-owned utilities, including MidAmerican..."