Utilities, States, Environmentalists Clash Over Obama EPA CSAPR 'Update'

Utilities, states and environmentalists are clashing in legal fights over the Obama EPA's “update” to its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program, with disputes over the update rule's merits including its implementation costs, how to address international emissions, and “over-control” of upwind states. The arguments are detailed in a series of briefs filed Feb. 16 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in State of Wisconsin, et al. v. EPA, et al....