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意圖規避清淨空氣法 布希新法規遭法院否決

2006年03月23日
ENS美國,華盛頓特區報導;謝芳怡編譯;莫聞審校

布希政府近日欲以制定新法規的方式,放寬對17,000個工業設備的空氣污染管制標準,其中包括燃煤火力發電廠和石油精煉廠,而該法規已在17日遭到美國聯邦上訴法院凍結,法院也以相當嚴厲的言論,斥責該法規與清淨空氣法的淨化空氣精神背道而馳。

Court Shoots Down Bush Attempt to Circumvent Clean Air Act
WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2006 (ENS)
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Bush administration from implementing a regulation that would have eased clean air requirements for some 17,000 industrial facilities, including coal-fired power plants and oil refineries. The court handed down a stinging rebuke of the regulation, which it said is "contrary to the plain language" of the Clean Air Act.