Groups sue Trump, EPA over delaying reduction of mercury emissions

Groups sue Trump, EPA over delaying reduction of mercury emissions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups sued the Trump administration for delaying rules to curb mercury emissions from the Iron Range's taconite plants by two years. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Monday, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy and Natural Resources Defense Council argued that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in July when he used a "never-before-used provision of the Clea…