Court advances environmentalists' Clean Air Act suit

A federal district court in Texas has rejected a refiners' motion to dismiss environmentalists' Clean Air Act citizen suit alleging air emissions in excess of permitted limits, clearing the way for a trial. Judge Kenneth Hoyt of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled Jan. 11 in Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, et al. v. Pasadena Refining System, Inc. (PRSI) to reject defendants' claims that the plaintiffs cannot prove injury and lack standing to sue...