DC Circuit’s rejection of cross-state rule rehearing deals a blow to enviros, EPA

摘要

The EPA and environmental groups maintained that the Cross-nState Air Pollution Rule, or CSAPR — a cap-and-trade rule for more nthan two dozen states aimed at curbing emissions of nitrogen oxide nand sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plants — was critical to help ndownwind states meet clean air standards for ozone and particu-nlate matter and provide benefits that its predecessor, the Clean Air nInterstate Rule, or CAIR, could not deliver.