U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Feb. 5, 2014
Environmental groups lose Clean Air Act challenge
Private citizens will find it harder to use the Clean Air Act to force governments to confront climate change thanks to a 9th Circuit ruling Monday denying en banc review of an earlier decision that limited such lawsuits.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Private citizens will find it harder to use the Clean Air Act to force governments to confront climate change thanks to a 9th Circuit ruling Monday denying en banc review of an earlier decision that limited such lawsuits. The case arose in Washington state where the Sierra Club and other environmental groups sued to compel the state's regulators to limit greenhouse gas emissions from five oil refineries. The circuit held that U.S. Su...
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