States, Utilities Defend Use Of Air Trading To Satisfy Regional Haze Rule

February 28, 2017
Several states and utilities are defending what they say is their legal right to cite participation in EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program to satisfy pollution control mandates in the agency's regional haze rule, rejecting environmentalists' claims that trading does not guarantee necessary emissions cuts. Environmentalists in new legal briefs filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit are countering that argument by citing a prior decision by the D.C. Circuit invalidating...


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