EPA Pushes To Dismiss Without Trial Suit Seeking Air Rules 'Jobs' Review

May 3, 2016
EPA is urging a federal district judge to dismiss without trial a long-pending coal sector suit that aims to force the agency to review the employment impacts of its air and climate rules, arguing that the case should be thrown out because the coal companies lack legal standing to sue and existing EPA studies provide the review they seek. In a May 2 motion for summary judgment filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West...


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