As EPA Weighs Options, Air Advisors Urge Review Of GHG Authorities

As EPA weighs its options for regulating greenhouse gases from a range of sectors to address climate change, its advisors are urging officials to re-examine its legal authorities for limiting GHGs. In a draft report EPA’s Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) is preparing to issue this fall to mark the air act’s 50th anniversary, the panel notes that “it has been 13 years since EPA comprehensively reviewed its authority to address GHGs under the CAA and solicited public comment...