Pesticide Ruling May Prompt High Court Review Of Limits On 'Standing'

A new ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit -- which has jurisdiction over federal regulations -- could establish what legal experts say are unprecedented limits on environmentalists' standing to sue over federal rules, possibly pointing the way to a Supreme Court challenge. The decision upholding an EPA regulation of an ozone-depleting pesticide is the latest in a series of recent rulings and administrative actions in the D.C. Circuit that have blocked activists from...