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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 -
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AGs Urge Court to Nix Latest Delay of Full Penalties for Automakers that Fail to Meet Fuel Efficiency Standards
State attorneys general successfully challenged two prior attempts to insulate non-compliant automakers from inflation.
February 16, 2021 -
Press Release
Under New Leadership, State Energy & Environmental Impact Center Will Continue Working to Promote Climate, Clean Energy and Environmental Laws and Policies
NYU School of Law announces new leadership for State Impact Center: Bethany Davis Noll named Executive Director; Jessica Bell taking on new role as Deputy Director.
January 20, 2021 -
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ACE Rule Vacated: State AGs’ Work Led Court to Toss Major Pillar of Trump Administration’s Climate Deregulatory Platform
D.C. Circuit finds so-called Affordable Clean Energy rule ‘rested critically on a mistaken reading of the Clean Air Act.’
January 19, 2021 -
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Full Court Press: New Report Highlights State AGs' Success in Defending Against Trump Administration's Energy and Environmental Deregulatory Agenda
State attorneys general kept many polluter-friendly rollbacks and policy reversals from taking root, while moving the ball forward on environmental justice, clean energy and PFAS contamination.
January 14, 2021 -
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Media Advisory: Press Conference THIS THURSDAY JAN. 14
State Impact Center, state attorneys general to release new report on key legal victories that kept Trump administration’s harmful energy and environmental policies from taking root.
January 12, 2021 -
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Major Agricultural State AGs Challenge EPA Rollback That Leaves Farmworkers, Communities at Increased Risk of Exposure to Toxic Pesticides
AGs warn weakened Worker Protection Standard will increase acute and chronic exposure to pesticides, leading to higher rates of cancer and other conditions among farmworkers, the majority of whom are people of color.
December 17, 2020 -
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State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Opposing EPA’s Attempt to Skirt Accountability for Faulty Registration of Sulfoxaflor Pesticide
Brief warns granting EPA’s motion would allow the agency to “indefinitely delay review of its pesticide registrations while potentially risky pesticides remain on the market.”
December 7, 2020 -
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Attorneys General of California, New Mexico Blast Proposed Rollback of Interior Department Royalty Reforms
AGs warn Trump administration is “[p]erpetuating rules that undervalue our nation’s natural resources” based on reasoning “directly contradicted by the factual record.”
November 30, 2020
