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Press Release
State AGs Support DOE Energy Efficiency Efforts; Urge Further Improvements to DOE’s Process Rule
AGs support DOE’s proposal to revise the Process Rule and urge further action to provide “consumer and environmental benefits of energy efficiency to the American public.”
September 15, 2021 -
Press Release
Media Advisory: "Supreme Court and the States" Webinar
Join the State Impact Center and hear from state Solicitors General during “Supreme Court and the States: A Focus on Administrative and Environmental Law in the Prior Term and Trends to Come” on Monday, September 13.
September 7, 2021 -
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New York AG Office Provides Testimony on EPA’s Revisions to Risk Management Program Regulations
Pointing to worsening climate change impacts, AG James calls on EPA to restore 2017 rule that helps mitigate chemical accidents and protects environmental justice communities.
July 16, 2021 -
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Supreme Court Sides with PennEast in Dispute Over Pipeline’s Claim to State Land
Court holds that pipeline company can sue a state to take land needed for a federally authorized project.
June 29, 2021 -
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State AGs Support Climate Change Disclosures in Comments to Securities and Exchange Commission
Responding to SEC’s call for comments on climate change disclosures, AGs agree that such requirements are central to both investor protection and “efficient capital allocation to climate-resilient companies.”
June 14, 2021 -
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State AGs Urge Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Consider Effects on Climate and Environmental Justice Communities in Pipeline Project Certification
Coalition calls for updated certification policy to include analysis of the cumulative and social costs of GHG emissions, to include a formal environmental and racial justice policy, and to account for the need to transition away from gas.
May 27, 2021 -
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New Report Highlights Key Role of States, State AGs in Driving U.S. Climate Progress
In advance of new U.S. target under Paris Agreement, report draws three key lessons from success of state-level efforts to reduce GHG emissions in absence of federal leadership over past four years.
April 15, 2021 -
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Media Advisory: State AGs Convening to Discuss State Climate Action, Their Role in Supporting U.S. Climate Progress
Join the State Impact Center and hear from state AGs during this virtual event on Wednesday, April 21 — part of U.S. Climate Action Week 2021.
April 15, 2021 -
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AGs Urge EPA to Fix Trump Administration’s Critically Flawed Lead and Copper Rule
Coalition notes lead exposure is ‘a public health issue of paramount importance’ that disproportionately harms lower-income communities and communities of color.
April 13, 2021 -
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Twelve AGs Ask Court to Throw Cold Water on Trump Administration Loophole for Inefficient Water Heaters, Furnaces
Energy Department decision perpetuates use of inefficient product designs, delaying transition to widely available, efficient condensing technology.
March 16, 2021 -
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Sixteen AGs Push EPA to Reconsider Decision to Not Strengthen Ozone Air Quality Standards
EPA ‘ignored important new evidence demonstrating a need for more stringent ozone standards,’ leaving in place standards ‘insufficiently protective’ of public health and welfare, in violation of the Clean Air Act.
March 1, 2021 -
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State AGs Urge FERC to Protect the Rights of Landowners, States and Other Challengers to Natural Gas Infrastructure Authorizations
Coalition urges FERC to maintain ban on construction before rehearings are resolved.
February 17, 2021
