GROUPS DISPUTE IMPACT OF RULING EXEMPTING CROP FIRES FROM RCRA

Environmentalists and industry officials are disputing the impact of a federal court ruling that said agricultural burning -- which leads to spikes in air emissions -- cannot be regulated under the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA), after the Supreme Court declined to review last year's decision exempting crop burning from the waste law. Environmentalists involved in the case argue that in addition to its air quality impacts, the federal court decision would allow almost any industry to argue for...