Environmental Groups Oppose Rehearing Of 5th Circuit’s Emission Penalty Affirmance

Mealey's ( November 16, 2022, 3:01 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS —  Adoption of arguments by a group of Exxon entities would create a circuit split on standing for the purposes of the Clean Air Act (CAA), two environmental groups argue in their opposition to the Exxon entities’ petition to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for rehearing en banc of the court’s affirmance of a $14.25 million penalty imposed on Exxon for emitting pollutants from one of its Texas facilities....