EPA Urges 9th Circuit To Rehear Ruling Ordering Ban Of Chlorpyrifos

EPA is calling on a federal appeals court to rehear its decision that vacated a move by former Administrator Scott Pruitt to reverse an Obama-era proposed ban on the commonly used pesticide chlorpyrifos, claiming that the court lacked jurisdiction to review Pruitt's decision and erred in its order compelling the agency to ban the substance. In a Sept. 24 petition for both panel rehearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit judges that issued the ruling, and...