legal action likely if EPA moves on climate change: dte energy chief

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Any actions taken by the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act are likely to trigger a court challenge, DTE Energy's top executive said February 20. Because Congress has been unable to agree on a climate-change policy for the US, “the emphasis will shift to the EPA,” Gerard Anderson, DTE president, chairman and CEO, told analysts during a fourth-quarter earnings call.