New Rule: Court block EPA rules-must upgrade pwr plants/factories

[katty]

more at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11879729/

Clearing the air: Court blocks EPA rules

Thousands of power plants, factories had been exempted from upgrades
This coal-fired power plant in Bow, N.H., is one of hundreds across the United States. A court ruling Friday impacts the plants as well as thousands of factories with a smokestack.
View related photos
Jim Cole / AP file

Environment slide shows ARCHIVE

MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 3:56 p.m. ET March 17, 2006
ALBANY, N.Y. - A federal appeals court sided with 14 states Friday and blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from going forward with regulations that activists say would lead to more air pollution from the nation’s power plants and factories.

“Today's victory means that thousands of Americans will not have their lives cut short because of the pollution that would have blown through this huge loophole,” Janice Nolen, the American Lung Association’s policy director, said in a statement.

The new rules would have allowed older power plants, refineries and factories to modernize without having to install the most advanced pollution controls. The EPA has disputed claims that the changes would increase pollution.

[MasonJar]

1. Just wait until it gets to the Supremes.

[rodeodance]

2. the bushco people push till they are stopped.