NYT/AP: Court Rejects (state plans) to Improve Air Quality in Parks

[DeepModem Mom]

Court Rejects Government Plan to Improve Air Quality in Parks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: February 22, 2005


WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AP) - A federal appeals court has rejected a government-approved program used by five Western states to improve air quality in national parks and wilderness areas.

Siding with an industry coalition, the court said that the program used by the states was based on Environmental Protection Agency methods that the court, ruling in a case three years ago, had found to be "inconsistent with the Clean Air Act."

The decision, issued on Friday, deals with efforts by Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming to cut sulfur dioxide pollution, which contributes to regional haze, particularly at the Grand Canyon....

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The panel's decision came in a challenge from the Center for Energy and Economic Development, a coalition of coal, utility, rail and other companies, which is based in Alexandria, Va....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/politics/22epa.html

[Supersedeas]

1. cleaner air violates the Clear Air Act???

[Megahurtz]

2. Anything to keep that oil$$$$$ flowing

:thumbsdown:

[struggle4progress]

3. Another Reaganite judge.

...Judge Stephen F. Williams: Appointed by President Reagan in 1986 ...
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1997/microsoft/hearing.advancer/

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Yep! Thanks for this info, s4p --

n/t

[Megahurtz]

5. Ugh!

:puke: