Texas Issues Legal Challenge to EPA. By Robin Bravender, Greenwire, February 16, 2010. "The state of Texas and a coalition of free-market and global warming skeptic groups are asking a federal appeals court today to review U.S. EPA's finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced that the state is filing a petition[ PDF, 3 pp] with the U.S. Court of Appeals challenging EPA's endangerment finding. 'Texas is aggressively seeking its future in alternative energy through incentives and innovation, not mandates and overreaching regulation,' Perry said in a statement. 'The EPA's misguided plan paints a big target on the backs of Texas agriculture and energy producers and the hundreds of thousands of Texans they employ'... The state also filed a petition [PDF, 38 pp] for reconsideration with EPA, asking Administrator Lisa Jackson to review her decision. The state argues that EPA's finding is legally unsupported because it relies heavily on reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)."
2010-03-05
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