Amid Election Uncertainty, EPA Seeks Appellate Hearing On GNP This Year

EPA is seeking to accelerate appellate litigation over its troubled Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) interstate air rule in the wake of the Supreme Court’s stay of the measure, asking the court to set a briefing schedule that would allow oral argument this year, which would permit the Biden administration to defend it even if the president is not re-elected. In a July 5 motion filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in State of...