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Coalition of State Attorneys General Ask Court to Halt Implementation of EPA's 'Nonenforcement Policy'
AGs’ motion for preliminary injunction warns that increased pollution triggered by the policy will irreparably harm states as litigation proceeds.
June 9, 2020 -
Press Release
New Executive Order is a ‘Brazen Attempt to Suspend Our Democratic Principles and the Rule of Law’
Statement from David J. Hayes on today's executive order waiving environmental laws for major infrastructure projects.
June 4, 2020 -
Press Release
Trump Administration Tramples on States’ Rights to Protect Water Quality Within Their Borders
State AGs decry EPA’s assault on the cooperative federalism model established by Congress in the Clean Water Act almost 50 years ago.
June 1, 2020 -
Press Release
Twenty-Four State Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over Weakened Vehicle Efficiency and Emissions Standards
Administration admits that weakened standards will increase emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants, harm public health and cost thousands of American jobs.
May 27, 2020 -
Press Release
Eighteen Attorneys General Call on EPA to Abandon ‘Ill-Advised and Illegal’ Anti-Science Proposal
AGs say the proposal is particularly troubling coming in the midst of the worst public health crisis the nation has faced in over a century.
May 19, 2020 -
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Coalition of State Attorneys General Sue EPA Over ‘Nonenforcement Policy’
AGs argue that the policy is overly broad, lacks transparency and accountability, and endangers public health and the environment.
May 13, 2020 -
Press Release
Environmental Injustice Linked to Higher Rates of COVID-19 in Massachusetts
Communities of color, hit “first and worst” by climate impacts, are also suffering the state’s highest rates of COVID-19 — driven by income inequality, inadequate access to healthcare and disproportionate exposure to pollution.
May 12, 2020 -
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Eighteen Attorneys General File Lawsuit Challenging Narrowed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule
Suit seeks to restore federal protections for the majority of the nation’s wetlands and thousands of miles of streams.
May 4, 2020 -
Press Release
Coalition of State Attorneys General Oppose EPA’s Proposal to Roll Back Standards for Toxic Coal Ash Dumps
Proposed rule would do nothing to address abandoned coal ash dumps and would allow millions of tons of coal ash to continue to be dumped in unlined and leaking impoundments.
April 20, 2020 -
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EPA Guts Legal Foundation of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)
New rule paves the way for repeal of emissions limits on mercury and other harmful air pollutants from power plants.
April 16, 2020 -
Press Release
Fourteen State Attorneys General Denounce EPA’s Suspension of Environmental Enforcement
Policy threatens health and environmental protection at a time when COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting Americans who suffer from diseases exacerbated by air pollution.
April 15, 2020 -
Press Release
Eight Attorneys General Call on EPA to Redo ‘Deeply Flawed’ Risk Assessment of Widely Used Pesticide
EPA’s downgrade of 1,3-Dichloropropene’s cancer risk rating is unsupported by scientific evidence and departs from decades of regulatory practice.
April 7, 2020
