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  • USA Supreme Court to Weigh EPA Permits For Power Plant Emissions in suit by Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, S. Carolina

    In a lawsuit brought by several states:


    Supreme Court To Weigh EPA Permits For Power Plant Emissions

    By Elizabeth Shogren
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    Credit Susan Walsh / AP
    The Supreme Court is expected to take up the case on the greenhouse gas permits for large polluters early next year.

    Originally published on Tue October 15, 2013 5:10 pm

    The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Obama administration policy that requires new power plants and other big polluting facilities to apply for permits to emit greenhouse gases.


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    The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Obama administration policy that requires new power plants and other big polluting facilities to apply for permits to emit greenhouse gases. Industry groups argue that getting these permits causes delays in big projects that could help revive the economy.


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    On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would hear Texas? challenge to federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Texas, along with Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and the American Petroleum Institute, claims that the Clean Air Act covers only toxic air pollutants and does not grant the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to penalize the emission of gases that contribute to the dangerous warming of the atmosphere.

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