Six AGs Filed Motion to Intervene in Litigation Over EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
JANUARY 19, 2017
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a coalition of five attorneys general in filing a motion to intervene in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule, which “requires power plants in 22 states to significantly reduce smog pollution that blows into downwind states... and threatens public health.” The measure “has been challenged by fourteen energy corporations and upwind states seeking to overturn the rule.”
- Documents: Motion to Intervene
- Document Type: Motions
- States: Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Issues: Clean Air & Climate Clean Air Act Climate Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Gas Emissions Oil and Gas Ozone Public Health
- Era: Obama Administration
- Explanation of Outcome:This is a win because the court upheld EPA Cross-state Air Pollution rule (except with regard to deadlines).
- Action Type: Litigation