ACTIVISTS LAUNCH LEGAL STRATEGY TO TARGET FLARING FROM REFINERIES

Activists are filing a series of lawsuits targeting refineries across the country in an effort aimed at pressuring industry to agree to new limits on when they can incinerate excess gas in a practice known as flaring. The environmentalists hope that by forcing industry to pay millions of dollars in penalties for emissions that result from flaring they can force industry to agree to a new EPA rule regulating the practice. Activists also hope the lawsuits will help build public...