Environmental Groups Support U.S. EPA in Texas Air Permit Case
In August 2010, Environmental Defense Fund and the Environmental Integrity Project moved to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit after Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its disapproval of Texas’ Flexible Air Permitting program. EDF’s Jim Marston argued that Governor Rick Perry was seeking a “special pollution pass” rather than complying with the Clean Air Act, while federal regulators defended the EPA’s authority to enforce national air standards.
Source: Environment News Service (ENS) (2010) Read More