States, Industry Groups Take Legal Action Opposing EPA Mandates
With recent legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency, Texas, Virginia and Alabama added fuel to a firestorm of complaints against the EPA’s proposed regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
On Feb. 16, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced at a press conference in Austin that Texas, which emits more carbon dioxide than any other state, filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, challenging the EPA’s “endangerment finding,” released in December. Under a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the agency is legally required to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.