Legal Opinion
Clean Air Council v. E. Scott Pruitt
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 3, 2017No. 17-1145PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting Opinion filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
2Per curiam
Petitioners, a group of environmental organizations, challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to stay implementation of portions of a final rule concerning methane and other greenhouse gas emissions. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we conclude that EPA lacked authority under the Clean Air Act to stay the rule, and we therefore grant petitioners’ motion to vacate the stay.
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In June 2016, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy issued a final rule establishing “new source performance standards” for fugitive emissions of methane…
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