Green Groups Fight Va.'s Bid To Block GHG Action

By Erin Marie Daly

Law360, New York (March 19, 2010, 2:30 PM ET) -- Two environmental groups have launched a legal challenge to Virginia's quest to block the federal regulation of greenhouse gases, arguing in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's finding that the emissions endanger human health and welfare.

The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Norfolk, Va.-based Wetlands Watch, filed a motion Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to intervene on the side of the EPA in Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit against the agency, which was filed...
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