Environmentalists Face Setback In Push For Faster EPA Action On Haze

Environmentalists are facing a setback in their push for faster action to cut emissions that cause haze, after a federal judge rejected their motion for an early decision calling for EPA to swiftly issue findings that dozens of states failed to submit plans for controlling haze, as the agency falls further behind schedule implementing the program. In a June 1 order , Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected environmentalists’ petition...