In a lawsuit brought by several states:
Supreme Court To Weigh EPA Permits For Power Plant Emissions
By Elizabeth Shogren
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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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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.
Supreme Court To Weigh EPA Permits For Power Plant Emissions
By Elizabeth Shogren
Enlarge image
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.
more....
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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.