D.C. Circuit Judges Appear Inclined To Back Air Trading As Haze Control

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit at Nov. 16 oral argument appeared inclined in principle to back EPA's approval of emissions trading as an alternative to source-specific regional haze controls, which would bolster the agency in several pending suits over haze plans relying on trading. Judges Nina Pillard, Thomas Griffith and Stephen Williams heard arguments from environmentalists against EPA's longstanding reliance on trading as an alternative to source-specific best available retrofit...