Environmentalists Outline Legal Case Against EPA’s Utility GHG Rule Repeal

Major environmental groups are detailing their legal case against EPA’s proposal to repeal greenhouse gas standards for power plants, arguing the plan is “fundamentally” at odds with the Clean Air Act’s purpose and that numerous provisions are unlawfully arbitrary including a failure to weigh key emissions implications of the proposal. EPA’s view is “squarely at odds with the statutory text and structure,” says Aug. 7 comments from a half dozen major environmental groups. There, the environmentalists are referring to EPA’s...