EPA Rejects Petitions To Review GHG Risk Finding, Opening Door To Suits

April 25, 2022
EPA is denying requests from free-market groups to reconsider its landmark 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding that serves as the basis for the agency’s climate regulations, likely paving the way for the petitioners to file suit over the decision and the underlying merits of the risk finding. The agency’s April 21 decision denies four petitions asking EPA to reopen, reconsider or initiate a rulemaking regarding the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding. The agency says the petitions -- which challenge the...


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