In First Climate Case Under Trump, D.C. Circuit To Hear Suit Over HFC Rule

February 15, 2017
Upcoming appellate court oral arguments in litigation challenging an EPA rule curbing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) could offer a crucial indication of where the Trump administration stands on regulating the potent greenhouse gases, as well as potential insight into how it could approach other key climate and environmental suits. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled Feb. 17 arguments in Mexichem Fluor, Inc., v. EPA. The suit challenges EPA's July 2015 rule removing several high global...


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