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Clean air sue { June 13 2002 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=1087622 http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=1087622 NY to sue Bush Administration over utility rules Last Updated: June 13, 2002 03:38 PM ET Print This Article NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - New York State's attorney general said he would the sue the Bush Administration over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision on Thursday to ease rules that now limit air pollution by coal-burning utilities. "I will pursue legal action in federal court to prevent the Administration from gutting the Clean Air Act," New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said in a statement. New York State, along with other Northeast states, in the past has sued Midwest and Canadian utilities, charging that smog and acid rain they produce has turned Adirondack lakes acidic, killed forests, and caused respiratory diseases. The EPA's new rule changes would let utilities produce more electricity -- and burn more fuel -- by easing baseline requirements for pollutants that otherwise would require new controls. U.S. utilities and industrial facilities have long protested the current rules because they restrict what the firms can do to enlarge or upgrade plants before they have to install costly equipment to control smog, acid rain and soot. © Copyright Reuters 2002. All rights reserved. Any copying, re-publication or re-distribution of Reuters content or of any content used on this site, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent of Reuters. Quotes and other data are provided for your personal information only, and are not intended for trading purposes. Reuters, the members of its Group and its data providers shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the quotes or other data, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. © Reuters 2002. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.

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