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The Fifth Circuit dismissed the Center for Biological Diversity et al.’s lawsuit against the U.S. EPA for lack of standing, as the group’s members cannot show they suffered an injury in fact from pollution in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the Center for Biological Diversity and other groups behind the challenge failed to demonstrate standing.

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