Clean Air: Critics Ask Court To Force EPA Rule on Emissions
Several state and city governments have joined environmental groups in stoking the debate over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s role in regulating motor-vehicle emissions.
Attorneys general from 17 states, along with environmental organizations, the District of Columbia, Baltimore and New York City petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on April 2 to force EPA to make a decision on whether to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, including cars, light trucks and SUVs, under the federal Clean Air Act. The petition asks the court to require EPA to respond within 60 days.