Twenty AGs Filed Comments Opposing EPA’s Proposal to Weaken Emissions Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in submitting comments urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its proposal to roll back emissions standards for new, modified and reconstructed coal-fired power plants. The AGs’ comments emphasized that the proposal was arbitrary and capricious, and violated the EPA’s obligations under the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.