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Press Release
Sixteen AGs Call on EPA to Withdraw Proposed Rollback of HFC Rule
The EPA’s interpretation of the Clean Air Act “lacks any reasoned basis.”
The Agency has failed to provide a “cogent rationale” for a rollback which imposes “significant and inadequately analyzed costs on the public.”
November 16, 2018 -
Press Release
David J. Hayes: EPA’s Rollback of Methane Based on Flawed Analysis
David J. Hayes released the following statement in response to the public hearing for EPA’s proposed rollback of Obama-era methane emissions standards
November 14, 2018 -
Press Release
State Impact Center Launches New Health & Environmental Settlements Project
New initiative will review settlement structures used to resolve major health and environmental liability claims
November 13, 2018 -
Press Release
David J. Hayes: New State AGs Have Major Role to Play on Clean Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Laws
Statement on the November 6, 2018 election of new state attorneys general
November 7, 2018 -
Press Release
Nineteen AGs Oppose EPA’s ‘Legally Flawed’ Rollback of the Clean Power Plan
The Trump administration’s replacement rule is “replete with factual inaccuracies, analytical errors, and legal flaws.” Will result in 1,630 more premature deaths.
November 1, 2018 -
Press Release
Twenty-One AGs Call on Trump Administration to Drop Proposed Rollback of Clean Car Standards
The rollback is based on “assumptions and modeling that are wholly unsupported, and lead to illogical and unlikely, even impossible results.”
October 29, 2018 -
Press Release
Media Advisory: David J. Hayes to Join California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Press Call for Clean Car Standards
State Energy & Environmental Impact Center Executive Director David J. Hayes will join a press call on Clean Car Standards hosted by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, also featuring Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
October 24, 2018 -
Press Release
Ten AGs Reject Trump Administration’s Proposal to Dismantle Critical Endangered Species Act Protections
Trump Administration’s plan “would wreak havoc on one of our nation’s most successful conservation laws.”
September 25, 2018 -
Press Release
David J. Hayes: State Attorneys General Will Sue to Maintain Car Standards to Protect Public Health and the Environment and Save Consumers Billions in Gas Costs
David J. Hayes released the following statement in response to today’s EPA hearing on the Trump Administration’s proposal to revoke California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act
September 24, 2018 -
Press Release
David J. Hayes Comments on Interior's Rollback of Gas Venting and Flaring Rule
David J. Hayes released the following statement in response to the release of DOI’s final Methane Waste Prevention or Venting and Flaring rule
September 18, 2018 -
Press Release
David J. Hayes Applauds Major Law Firms’ $15 Million Commitment in Pro Bono Legal Services to Clean Energy and Other Sustainability-Focused Innovations
David J. Hayes released the following statement in response to the Lawyers for a Sustainable Economy initiative announced this morning during the Global Climate Action Summit
September 14, 2018 -
Press Release
Eight AGs Sue Interior Over “Arbitrary and Capricious” Opinion Endangering Millions of Migratory Birds
Interior’s new position on MBTA “contravenes the Act’s plain text and clear purpose.”
September 6, 2018