Environmentalists Dismiss Impact Of Court Order On EPA Mercury Rule

Environmentalists are downplaying the impact of a court decision to reject suspending EPA regulation of mercury emissions from power plants pending further judicial review of the rule sought by states and environmentalists. The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Aug. 4 rejected a motion by the plaintiffs in State of New Jersey et al. v EPA, seeking to stay the rule pending its review by the court. In its decision on the motion, the court found...