EPA Faces Battle Over Move to Curb Emissions

摘要

The US Environmental Protection Agency's plans to require permitting of large industrial facilities that emit more than 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year could trigger litigation that would keep the proposed regulation tied up in court for years.The proposal presented by the EPA on Wednesday can be traced back to 2007 when the US Supreme Court ordered the agency to determine whether greenhouse gases pose a danger to human health, which would make them subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.