Texas appeals EPAs greenhouse gas findings (Austin)

Three of Texas’ highest-ranked public officials today filed an appeal challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gases endangerment findings.

Gov. Rick Perry, Attorney General Greg Abbott and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples submitted a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals Washington D.C. Circuit on behalf of the state today, calling the EPA’s plan “misguided.”

“Texas is aggressively seeking its future in alternative energy through incentives and innovation, not mandates and overreaching regulation,” Gov. Perry said.

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