A battle is brewing in the Senate over Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski’s proposed “resolution of disapproval” to block the Environmental Protection Agency from moving forward with plans to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Murkowski’s proposal, introduced on Jan. 21, expresses congressional disapproval for EPA’s finding issued late last year that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health and welfare. The resolution would need Senate and House approval and President Obama’s signature before taking effect. At least 25 Republicans and Democrats Ben Nelson (Neb.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) and Mary Landrieu (La.) back Murkowski’s measure. It needs
A federal appeals court in Chicago on Aug. 17 ruled for the Environmental Protection Agency in its Clean Air Act lawsuit against Cinergy Corp. Cincinnati, concluding that it is EPA's duty to determine how emission increases trigger the law's new source review requirements.
Citgo Petroleum Corp., Houston, will spend $320 million on clean air technologies at five of its refineries in five states to reduce polluting emissions under an Oct. 6 settlement with the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act.
