ACTIVISTS EYE UTILITY STEAM UNIT STANDARDS AS NEXT TARGET FOR GHG SUIT

Environmentalists plan to sue EPA for failing to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) in new emissions standards for power plant steam generating units, marking the latest lawsuit in a litigation strategy that claims EPA is obligated to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, environmentalists say. Plans for the lawsuit come after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently rejected the appeal of a ruling in Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. EPA , a...