Trump DOJ Backs Obama EPA's Attacks On Air Rule 'Jobs' Review Ruling

February 22, 2017
The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) is backing the Obama EPA's opposition to a federal district judge's order for EPA to broadly review how its Clean Air Act rules have affected jobs in the coal sector, asking an appellate court to overturn the ruling and defying expectations that the new administration would comply with the order. DOJ on behalf of the Trump EPA filed its opening appellate brief Feb. 21 in Murray Energy, et al., v. EPA, et al. ,...

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