Legal showdown looms over EPA smog-fighting plan

摘要

Any time EPA mounts a fresh “good neighbor” crackdown on the perennial problem of state-hopping smog pollution, a barrage of legal attacks is a given.But in the latest go-round, the agency faces a novel and unprecedented onslaught of litigation that is already undercutting its ability to curb emissions tied to a lung-damaging pollutant particularlyharmful to children.And while the Supreme Court weighs bids for a nationwide stay on implementation of the EPA blueprint, another high-stakes clash looms early next month.