Epa Board Opens Door for Greenhouse Limits On Coal Plants

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The Bush administration has offered no valid legal reason to not limit greenhouse gas emissions from new coal-fired power plants, a federal environmental appeals board ruled Thursday.

A three-judge Environmental Appeals Board panel rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's refusal to require carbon dioxide control equipment on a new plant proposed in Utah.

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Epa Board Opens Door for Greenhouse Limits On Coal Plants

But the ruling could have broad implications, and the judges suggested EPA consider dealing with the issue "in the context of an action of nationwide scope, rather ...

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