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Press Release
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 -
Press Release
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 -
Press Release
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 -
Press Release
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 -
Press Release
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 -
Press Release
Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises
New book explores seven major health and environmental crises in recent decades, and the lessons they offer as we address future challenges.
November 12, 2020 -
Press Release
State Impact Center Launches Midnight Watch Project to Track Major Environmental and Energy Regulatory Changes During Final Days of Trump Administration
Center will provide rapid-response updates on breaking developments via Twitter, online dashboard.
November 9, 2020 -
Press Release
State Attorneys General Sue Energy Department Over Widespread Failure to Review and Update Energy Efficiency Standards
Coalition seeks court order to compel Energy Department to comply with its statutory obligations, complete responsibilities ‘unreasonably delayed and unlawfully withheld.’
November 9, 2020 -
Press Release
Media Advisory: New Book on Judicial and Legislative Settlements of Major Health and Environmental Crises — Online Press Conference November 12
David J. Hayes of the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center and Scott Fulton of the Environmental Law Institute to announce release of Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises
October 22, 2020
