D.C. Circuit Dismisses States' Challenge To EPA Greenhouse Gas Permitting Rules

摘要

A federal appeals court on July 26 dismissed lawsuits from states and electric utilities challenging a series of Environmental Protection Agency orders requiring states to update their air pollution plans to address greenhouse gases (Texas v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 10-1425, 7/26/13; Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 11-1037, 7/26/13). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a 2-1 decision dismissed the lawsuits brought by Texas, Wyoming, and the Utility Air Regulatory Group, finding that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that EPA's regulation caused them any injury.