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August 27, 2010

Admin Sides with Utilities in Emissions Case
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The Obama administration is backing the effort of major utility
companies to dismiss a case seeking to impose curbs on emissions of
greenhouse gases. A group of plaintiffs including eight state
governments and the City of New York has filed suit seeking to force the
Tennessee Valley Authority and five other utilities to reduce their
emissions each year for a decade. On Thursday, the Justice Department
said the case is unnecessary because the Environmental Protection Agency
has sought to limit emissions. But environmentalists criticized the move
because the curbs have only been proposed, not enacted.



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