Federal Court Upholds EPA's Global Warming Rules

June 26, 2012

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming.
 
The rules, which were challenged by industry groups and various states, will reduce emissions of six heat-trapping gases from large industrial facilities such as factories and power plants, as well as from automobile tailpipes.
 
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said that the Environmental Protection Agency was "unambiguously correct" in using existing federal law to address global warming.

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