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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.