Environmentalists Say EPA Lacks Legal Basis To Delay Ozone NAAQS Suit

Environmentalists are urging a federal appeals court to reject EPA's request to delay April 19 oral argument in litigation over the Obama-era decision to tighten the federal ozone limit, saying the agency's “thin excuse” to postpone argument while it weighs potential reconsideration of the rule falls far short of the legal basis for a delay. “EPA has failed to provide the requisite 'extraordinary cause' for postponing the argument,” says an April 10 response filed by environmentalists to the agency's April...