Nevada AG Withdrew from Lawsuit Challenging Clean Power Plan

MAY 15, 2019

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford filed a motion to withdraw Nevada from West Virginia et al. v. EPA, a lawsuit challenging the Obama-era Clean Power Plan regulating carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Under AG Ford’s predecessor, former Attorney General Adam Laxalt, Nevada was one of a number of states that challenged the Clean Power Plan. The motion to withdraw was granted on May 17.