was among the state AG's with an Earth Day gift for the Environmental Protection Agency: A lawsuit.
Abbott is one of 12 attorneys general asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that claims the agency created 鈥渁bsurd鈥� regulations of greenhouse gasses under the .
The suit says that the EPA鈥檚 regulation of greenhouse gasses by-passed Congressional approval, and that the law does not provide specific differences between gasses emitted by stationary emitters, like houses and buildings, and moving emitters, like cars.
, Abbott said the regulations were 鈥渃reated out of whole cloth and are a massive burden on states and businesses.鈥�
To view the entire petition from Abbott, .
