16 States Support EPA In Endangerment Suit

By Jessica Dye

Law360, New York (January 25, 2010, 12:36 PM ET) -- A coalition of 16 states and New York City is asking for permission to intervene on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a lawsuit challenging the agency's recent finding that greenhouse gas emissions are subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.

The motion, filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, argues that global warming caused by the greenhouse gases the EPA is attempting to regulate — carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride...
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