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Appeals court rejects Texas, industry challenge to EPA's greenhouse gas implementation rules

2013-07-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Greenwire: Federal judges today rejected arguments from Texas and industry groups that U.S. EPA unlawfully forced states to adopt its greenhouse gas rules on an inappropriately short timeline. In two cases, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that EPA was only carrying out a "self-executing" part of the Clean Air Act that was triggered when greenhouse gases were added to the program as a pollutant. Further, the court held in a 2-1 vote that the petitioners -- Texas, Wyoming...

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