You could call it a win for Texas officials in their ongoing battle against the Environmental Protection Agency.
A federal appeals court the EPA went beyond its authority with a cross-state air pollution rule. The rule would have clamped down on power plant pollution that affects air quality in neighboring states. It was but several states, including Texas, sued to stop it.
Attorney General Greg Abbott is leading the charge for Texas against the EPA. He about today's ruling:
Yet another federal court has reined in an overreaching EPA for violating federal law and intruding on Texas sovereignty. Texas challenged the Obama Administration鈥檚 burdensome and unlawful regulations because they jeopardized electric reliability in the state, threatened job losses for hard-working Texans, and exceeded the limits of the EPA鈥檚 authority. Vindicating the State鈥檚 objections to EPA鈥檚 aggressive and lawless approach, today鈥檚 decision is an important victory for federalism and a rebuke to a federal bureaucracy run amok.
The Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club
Mary Anne Hitt, Director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign says the club is disappointed with the court's decision and that it "further delays the Clean Air Act's promise of safe, breathable air for our children."
The Sierra Club is encouraging the EPA to petition for a rehearing.
The ruling comes just a week afteragainst the EPA, when the court overturned the rejection of Texas's 'Flex Permit Program.'
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