The Bush administration efforts to eviscerate the Clean Air Act, has been halted, at least temporarily by an Order by Federal Appeals Court.
Here is an excerpt from the New York Times.
"The ruling on Wednesday essentially places a burden on the administration to justify a regulatory change that it has been unable to accomplish through the legislative process. That change had been expected to help utilities, refiners and other industries, which had long complained about the government's environmental enforcement actions, to avoid installing billions of dollars' worth of pollution controls.
The order, by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, indicates that the court has substantial doubt about the White House's claims that it has authority to modify the Clean Air Act by regulation and that its changes would not hurt the environment."
Perhaps there is still hope.
Here is an excerpt from the New York Times.
"The ruling on Wednesday essentially places a burden on the administration to justify a regulatory change that it has been unable to accomplish through the legislative process. That change had been expected to help utilities, refiners and other industries, which had long complained about the government's environmental enforcement actions, to avoid installing billions of dollars' worth of pollution controls.
The order, by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, indicates that the court has substantial doubt about the White House's claims that it has authority to modify the Clean Air Act by regulation and that its changes would not hurt the environment."
Perhaps there is still hope.
