When Texas Sued to Block the Environmental Protection Agency's Regulations

question 14

Multiple Choice

When Texas sued to block the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations on coal-fired power plants in 2011, the result was a Supreme Court Decision in 2014 affirming that

• A) Texas may create its own emissions standards.
• B) the EPA does have the authority to regulate carbon pollution and fight global climate change.
• C) all emissions in Texas must stop by 2020.
• D) Texas is exempt from the Clean Air Act.

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Definitions:

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Hydrostatic Skeleton

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ATP Synthesis

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Epiphysis

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