Cuomo Leads 12 States In Lawsuit Against EPA Over Global Warming
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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said today that New York is among 12 states that filed a lawsuit against federal Environmental Protection Agency for failing to adopt regulations to control pollution from oil refineries.
New York City and Washington D.C. also joined the suit, which claims EPA has not enacted laws that require oil refineries to control pollution that is causing global warming. The lawsuit claims that EPA’s inaction is in violation of the Clean Air Act, Cuomo aides said today.
“The EPA’s refusal to control pollution from oil refineries is the latest example of the Bush Administration’s do-nothing policy on global warming,” said Cuomo, a Democrat.
Cuomo claims that the Clean Air Act requires the EPA to set pollution standards for oil refineries, power plants and other sources.
Katherine Kennedy, special deputy Attorney General for Environmental Protection, defended New York’s role in the suit, even though the state has no oil refineries.
Any global warming sources affect us,†she told Gannett News Service.
The lawsuit was filed today in the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Other states in the lawsuit include California, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
The suit seeks to vacate the EPA’s decision in June to not include air pollution control regulations for oil refineries.
There was no immediate comment from EPA.
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on Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 12:01 pm by Joseph Spector.
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Ok, so if you don’t agree with global warming we’re going to force it down your throats.
Forcing costs on the refineries has nothing to do with stopping the refineries from CO2 production it only has to do with control and limitation of us by higher prices.
The refineries won’t loose any orders over this they will just add cost.
Not smart at all.
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