Court Denies Rehearing in Texas Lawsuit Challenging Greenhouse Gas Permitting

摘要

Federal appellate judges denied Texas's request to rehear a lawsuit challenging an Environmental Protection Agency requirement that states update their air pollution plans to include greenhouse gas permitting (Texas v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 10-1425, rehearing denied 5/4/15). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied Texas's petition that the argument be reheard en banc before the full court or be reheard before the same three-judge panel that had previously upheld the EPA's rule. Texas had challenged a 2010 EPA rule that required it and 12 other states to update their state implementation plans to include greenhouse gases among the pollutants requiring prevention of significant deterioration permits. States began issuing the greenhouse gas permits Jan. 2, 2011.