EPA Slated To Defend CSAPR 'Update' Rule At D.C. Circuit Oral Argument

EPA at Oct. 3 oral argument in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is slated to defend the Obama-era “update” to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program, fighting East Coast states' and environmentalists' claims that the rule is too weak and utilities' and other states' claims that it is too strict. Judges Sri Srinivasan, Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins -- all appointed by former President Barack Obama -- will hear the consolidated...