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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-21-08 03:10 PM
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Victory for Clean Air Act
Source: Nytimes

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out an Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting the ability of states to require monitoring of industrial emissions.

The 2-to-1 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the most recent in a series of judicial setbacks to the Bush administration’s efforts to reshape federal policies under the Clean Air Act.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/washington/20air.html...



Proof that there are sane heads around despite the best efforts of the Repukes.
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   Rock. ON. This is great news and sets the stage  wtmusic   Aug-21-08 03:13 PM   #1 
   Excellent News  DarthDem   Aug-21-08 03:17 PM   #2 
   YEAH! Thank the GSM for DC federal courts - next stop is protecting the Endangered Species Act  wordpix   Aug-21-08 03:29 PM   #3 
   K&R Great news!  Jesuswasntafascist   Aug-21-08 03:48 PM   #4 
   K&R  crickets   Aug-21-08 11:40 PM   #5 
 
wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Aug-21-08 03:13 PM
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1. Rock. ON. This is great news and sets the stage
for a favorable judgement of states' suits against the feds on CAFE standards. :thumbsup:
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DarthDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-21-08 03:17 PM
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2. Excellent News

From a court with some wingnuts on it, too. Very good news. The lower federal courts have actually been somewhat sane lately.
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wordpix (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-21-08 03:29 PM
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3. YEAH! Thank the GSM for DC federal courts - next stop is protecting the Endangered Species Act
Edited on Thu Aug-21-08 03:30 PM by wordpix
since BushCo wants to leave enforcing the Act up to each dept. that wants to develop endangered species habitat.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-21-08 03:48 PM
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4. K&R Great news!
:thumbsup:
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5. K&R
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