"Green groups said on Saturday they would give the Environmental Protection Agency more time to forge the first-ever plan to regulate carbon dioxide from power plants, the country's single biggest source of greenhouse gases."
"The Environmental Defense Fund and other green groups that are negotiating with the EPA on the deadline for the plan said they would withhold legal action against the agency until November 30. They, along with New York, California and several other states, had sued the agency to issue the carbon rules.
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice sent late Friday night, the petitioners said they had agreed to give the agency more time, "In light of the progress made to date."
The EPA delayed the proposed rule on power plants in June, saying it needed more time after talking with businesses. It issued another delay in September."
Timothy Gardner reports for Reuters October 29, 20011.
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