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Environment
4:23 am
Wed August 22, 2012
Ruling Is A Set-Back To Obama's Clean Air Plan
Originally published on Wed August 22, 2012 5:48 am
A federal court has rejected a rule that would have regulated air pollution that blows from one state to the next. The ruling puts a damper on the Obama administration's efforts to reduce asthma, heart disease and other ailments related to air pollution. States and utilities asserted that the rules overstepped the EPA's authority under the Clean Air Act.