Air Rule Could Be New Focus Of Suit On EPA Power To Regulate CO2

March 2, 2006
EPA's just-released rule setting new source performance standards (NSPS) for electric utilities could become a new focus of litigation from states and environmentalists over whether the agency has authority to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions after a federal appellate court last year issued a largely inconclusive ruling on the issue. State attorneys general (AGs) and environmental groups are weighing whether to file a second legal challenge over the issue because EPA concludes in the NSPS rule that it lacks authority...


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