Coal Firms Seek Legal Bar On New EPA Air Rules Pending 'Jobs' Review

August 22, 2016
Coal companies are asking a federal district judge to prohibit EPA from issuing any new air rules or enforcement mandates affecting the coal sector until the agency conducts a sweeping review of the employment impacts of its existing rules, with the companies saying they have evidence to prove at trial that the prohibition is necessary. In an Aug. 19 brief filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Murray Energy and a host of...


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