Environmental Groups and Fossil Fuel Industry Challenge EPA Air Rule

Both environmental groups and the oil and gas industry are challenging the EPA’s final rule that took effect earlier this year, which eliminates the agency’s human health cost-benefit analysis in its rulemaking. The groups argue this change could lead to increased air pollution.

The Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and three other petitioners filed a petition Monday with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to review the EPA’s January final rule. The EDF contends that the rule "establishes weak and ineffective pollution limits for nitrogen oxide," a significant contributor to soot and related air quality issues.

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