Groups Spar Over Merits Of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule As Haze Control

EPA, environmentalists, states and industry in new legal filings are sparring over the merits of the Obama agency's rule allowing participation in the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program to satisfy separate haze pollution control mandates, a policy that the Trump administration is currently continuing to defend. The competing claims over whether or not the rule is lawful are detailed in final briefs filed recently in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suit...