COURT RULING MAY ELEVATE SNOWMOBILE ISSUE FOR NEXT WHITE HOUSE

A recent federal court ruling questioning EPA regulations for snowmobile engines may give environmental groups a new opportunity to push for stronger standards, though some environmentalists say a major change could depend on the presidential election. At the same time, however, the June 1 ruling dealt a major blow to environmentalists' push to require emissions catalyst technology for the engines, rebuffing a claim that EPA improperly failed to require the technology. The ruling also vacated an emissions standard EPA set...