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Dc Circuit Clears Path For Ghg Rules, But Politics Remain, Michael B. Gerrard
Dc Circuit Clears Path For Ghg Rules, But Politics Remain, Michael B. Gerrard
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What may have been the most important environmental decision of 2012 dismissed numerous challenges to the rules issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). While further legal battles are looming, the most serious remaining threats to EPA's program are in the political sphere.
This article describes the ruling in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA, forecasts EPA's next moves, and describes the battles still ahead for EPA.
Court Ruling Gives Green Light To Epa Ghg Regulations – Positive For Natural Gas, Renewables, And Efficient Vehicles, Mark Fulton, Michael B. Gerrard, Jake Baker, Lucy Cotter
Court Ruling Gives Green Light To Epa Ghg Regulations – Positive For Natural Gas, Renewables, And Efficient Vehicles, Mark Fulton, Michael B. Gerrard, Jake Baker, Lucy Cotter
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On June 26, 2012, a panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court unanimously upheld the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) landmark greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations, keeping intact the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon emissions from vehicle tailpipes and stationary sources.
The case is of great importance as it effectively clears the way for the EPA to proceed with its proposed rules to regulate CO2 emissions from both new power plants and from other new stationary sources, in addition to pressing ahead with new vehicle emission standards.