WAR! Utility sues New York over CO2 regulation


	WAR! Utility sues New York over CO2 regulation

amgumen

3-31-2009 2:38 PM

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4-1-2009 2:50 AM

merrie

Good for Indeck Corinth, it's about time some one stood
up the bureaucrats overstepping the law.

4-1-2009 9:39 PM

kmcolo

It may well be, since the Supreme Court has found that the EPA should regulate CO2. And it is planning to finally.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b28dd929-6662-4af9-a356-52e05e3e46bd/9A9DE2CE-DA40-4241-B1B6-44FEC77D7837/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://greenhellblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/utility-sues-new-york-over-co2-regulation/" href="http://greenhellblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/utility-sues-new-york-over-co2-regulation/" style="font-size: 11px;">greenhellblog.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/utility-sues-new-york-over-co2-regulation/"><P>War has been declared in New York over global warming regulation! </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/utility-sues-new-york-over-co2-regulation/"><P>Indeck Corinth L.P., which operates the Corinth Generating Station, an electric power plant in Corinth, NY, sued New York state on January 29, 2009 claiming that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeast U.S. is illegal. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/utility-sues-new-york-over-co2-regulation/"><P>Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Rhode Island have signed on to the RGGI agreement. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/utility-sues-new-york-over-co2-regulation/"><P>Indeck Corinth claims that New York’s involvement with RGGI,
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