States Sue to Block Trump's Rollback of Power Plant Emission Rules
The states and cities say the repeal would add more than $300 billion in industry savings while weakening climate protections for power plants.
- On Thursday, a coalition of 25 states and cities sued the Trump administration, challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's repeal of rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants.
- The repeal represents a fundamental shift from efforts by Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama to regulate heat-trapping gases, though the EPA claims the move saves the industry more than $300 billion.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James said the administration is displaying "callous disregard" for public health, arguing that "gutting one of the country's most significant climate protections" will worsen the crisis.
- Abre Conner, the NAACP's director of environmental and climate justice, hailed the lawsuit as the coalition petitioned the Court of Appeals for the District to strike down the repeal.
- Beyond this challenge, the coalition plans to sue over the EPA's failure to regulate pollution from gas-powered plants, contributing to a broader wave of climate change litigation nationwide.
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CT Takes Administration To Court Over Proposed Fuel Economy Standards
In the lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the coalition alleges that NHTSA’s new rule is contrary to law and that NHTSA contravenes its mandate from Congress to set fuel-economy standards at their “maximum feasible” level.
Environmental groups sue Trump for raising your fuel costs
A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation’s moves to lower fuel economy standards, which the Department of Energy says will increase gas prices by 76 cents a gallon. more…
States, cities sue US agencies over weaker vehicle fuel economy rules
California, New York and two dozen other states, cities an counties on Friday sued the U.S. Transportation Department over its decision this week to finalize sharply lower vehicle fuel economy standards in a win for gas-powered vehicles.
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