Activists Fight Biomass Permit Deferral

Environmentalists are reiterating their calls for a federal appeals court to scrap EPA's three-year deferral for biomass sources from having to obtain greenhouse gas (GHG) permits, arguing the agency has failed to meet its “heavy burden” for proving why the exemption is necessary. In a July 10 reply brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the deferral suit, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and other environmental groups says EPA's deferral has...