Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has taken his battle over the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed greenhouse gas regulations to federal court.
The state has filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia that seeks to force the EPA to reopen the hearings that resulted in its "Endangerment Finding" under the Clean Air Act. The finding states that man-made greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare.
Scientists behind some of the research support the theory that the accelerated emissions contribute to climate change.
The finding, released in late 2009, is a prerequisite to finalizing new emission standards for light-duty motor vehicles. Critics fear it could open the door to further EPA regulation of greenhouse gases emitted by industries, which could adversely affect the economies of energy-producing states such as Virginia, which depends heavily on coal.
Virginia challenged the finding in February 2010, shortly after Cuccinelli became attorney general, arguing in part that the agency relied on faulty science to reach its finding.
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Lisa Jackson of the EPA should be put in jail for fraud!
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