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
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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Multi-State
Twenty AGs Submitted Comments Supporting SEC Climate Disclosure Rule
California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in submitting comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its proposed rule to require climate-related financial disclosures. The comments explained that the rule...
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Multi-State
Seven AGs Commented on Council of Environmental Quality's EJ Screening Tool
New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of seven attorneys general in comments on the Council of Environmental Quality's (CEQ) beta version of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool. The comments detail the racist past of...
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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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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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Vermont
Vermont AG Succeeds in Lawsuit against Landlord for Violating Lead Regulations
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan announced that the Rutland Superior Court ordered a rental property owner to bring his 30+ properties into compliance after the AG’s office investigated and sued him for violating state lead laws. Children living in...
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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...
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Multi-State
Twelve AGs Called on EPA to Strengthen Regulations of Particulate Matter from Airplanes
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resource Board (CARB) led a coalition of twelve AGs in comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal for regulating particulate matter emitted from airplanes, calling the...