EPA, Critics Clash On Remedy For GHG Permitting After High Court Ruling

EPA and its state and industry opponents are clashing over how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit should address litigation over the agency's greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting program in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling narrowing the agency's permit policies. In competing briefs filed Oct. 21, EPA urged the appellate court to issue a narrow remedy that would allow the agency to amend its existing rules consistent with the high court's holding. “The relief...