Court rules Oregon's landmark climate change regulations invalid in case brought by gas utilities - The Bulletin
Court rules Oregon’s landmark climate change regulations invalid in case brought by gas utilities | State | bendbulletin.com
Oregon’s second highest court ruled in favor of natural gas utilities seeking to invalidate the state’s landmark climate program.
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the 3-year-old Climate Protection Program is invalid on a technicality. Judges James Egan and Jacqueline Kamins said that the state’s Environmental Quality Commission did not fully comply with disclosure requirements in 2021 when it voted to create emissions rules that exceed federal rules and affect entities holding industrial air pollution permits under the federal Clean Air Act.
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