Supporters Back EPA Bid To Avoid High Court Stay Of Good Neighbor Rule

Environmentalists and “downwind” states are backing EPA’s efforts to stave off a Supreme Court stay of the Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) air rule sought by “upwind” states and industry groups, seeking to allow the agency to continue implementing a measure that they say is crucial to attaining federal ozone standards. In recently filed briefs, a coalition of environmental groups that support the rule, as well as a group of nine downwind states led by New York, argue the high court...