New York Times: Days after the Obama administration asked a federal court not to stop U.S. EPA’s climate program from taking effect on Jan. 2, a coalition of 20 states and 13 environmental groups has pledged its support for the agency, saying that despite “extravagant claims of harm” from industry, the new greenhouse gas regulations would hardly hurt them. Those states, led by New York, are lined up against 17 states that are challenging the agency’s plan to begin regulating greenhouse gases from large power…