Abbott Hails Court 'Victory' Against EPA
AUSTIN (AP) - Attorney General Greg Abbott is claiming victory after a federal appeals court overturned a regulation clamping down on power plant pollution that spoils air in neighboring states.
Texas joined power plants and some other states in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's cross-state air pollution rule.
Abbott said in a statement Tuesday that the court rebuked the EPA for "violating federal law and intruding on Texas sovereignty."
He said the rule had threatened the reliability of electric service and jobs.
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia panel ruled 2-1 that the EPA imposed too-strict requirements on upwind states without regard to law.
The agency had sought to reduce downwind pollution from power plants in over two-dozen states. The rule had been scheduled to take effect in January.
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