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D.C. Circuit Found that Petitioners Lacked Standing to Challenge EPA’s Denial of Petition to Reconsider 2009 Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases from Motor Vehicles

Challenge to EPA's denial of petitions for reconsideration of EPA’s 2009 Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.

Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council v. EPA

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D.C. Circuit Declined to Rehear Challenge to EPA Denial of Petition to Reconsider 2009 Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases from Vehicles

Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council v. EPA - order

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Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council v. EPA - petition for rehearing

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Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council v. EPA - brief

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Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council v. EPA - amicus brief

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Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council v. EPA - motion to intervene

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Petitioners Challenged EPA Denial of Reconsideration of 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

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D.C. Circuit Found that Petitioners Lacked Standing to Challenge EPA’s Denial of Petition to Reconsider 2009 Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases from Motor Vehicles

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