State attorneys general are working to advance clean energy, climate and environmental laws and policies. Use the filters below to search actions of regional and national significance taken by state attorneys general since 2017. We strive to include all relevant AG activity, but cannot guarantee that this database is comprehensive. To alert us to an action that should be added to our database, please email [email protected]nyu.edu.
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Multi-State
Twenty-Two AGs Sent Letter Urging FDA and USDA to Reduce Toxic Metals in Baby Food
New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture to take immediate action to reduce toxic metals in baby food. The coalition called...
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Multi-State
Seven AGs Submitted Comments on EPA's Proposed Emission Standards
New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of seven attorneys general in submitting comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed rule to establish nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards under the “good neighbor”...
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Multi-State
Eighteen AGs Filed Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court on Clean Water Act Protections
New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the Court to dismiss the Sackett’s contention in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). After the petitioners in the case purchased...
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New Jersey
New Jersey AG Sued Ford Motor Company over Contamination of Tribal Land
Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company, alleging the company contaminated natural resources, including the historic homeland of the Ramapough Lenape Nation. The AG alleged that in the 1970s, Ford sold...
June 16, 2022Documents: Press Release Complaint
States: NJ
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Multi-State
Forty-One AGs Worked Together to Stop Ford From Misrepresenting Fuel Economy
A coalition of forty-one attorneys general settled with Ford Motor Company for violating state consumer protection laws by misleading customers about model year (MY) 2013-2014 C-Max hybrids and 2011-2014 Super Duty trucks. A multistate...
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Multi-State
Twenty-One AGs Filed Motion to Intervene in California Vehicle Emission Waiver Case
California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a coalition of 21 AGs in filing a motion to intervene in the lawsuit over EPA’s decision to restore California’s authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. The challengers to...
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Multi-State
Nineteen AGs Urged EPA to Strengthen Truck Emissions Standards
California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a coalition of 19 AGs in comments to EPA urging strong updates to truck emissions standards. The coalition implored the agency to move quickly and to choose the first of the two regulatory options presented by the...
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Multi-State
Twelve AGs Filed Amicus Brief Supporting Use of Social Cost of Carbon Metric
New York Attorney General Letitia James led 12 states in filing an amicus brief on whether federal agencies can consider the metric known as the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions in rulemakings. In February 2022, a federal court in Louisiana ordered...
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New Jersey
New Jersey AG Secured Charges for Sewage Dumping
Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced the indictment of an individual on charges of illegally dumping sewage waste into a state lake. According to the investigation, the man had collected hundreds of gallons of sewage from residences...
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Multi-State
Seventeen AGs Filed Lawsuit Against USPS for Replacing Fleet with Gas-Powered Trucks
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a coalition of 17 AGs in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for planning to replace the majority of its...
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Multi-State
Twelve AGs Sent Comments to FERC in Response to Natural Gas Projects Certification
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh led a coalition of 12 AGs in comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in response to the agency’s proposals for changes to its draft policy statements...
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Multi-State
Twenty AGs Supported EPA’s Regulation of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Power Plants
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey led a 20-AG coalition in comments supporting EPA’s proposed national emission standards for coal and oil-fired power plants emitting mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. In 2012, EPA issued the Mercury and...