States sue Trump Administration over rollback of Obama-era climate rule
Story Date: 8/14/2019

 

Source: Lisa Friedman, NY TIMES, 8/13/19

 A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesdaysued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants, setting up a case that could determine how much leverage the federal government has to fight climate change in the future. The lawsuit is the latest salvo in a long-running battle over the future of coal and how to regulate the nation’s heavily polluting power plants, which are major producers of greenhouse gases that warm the planet.

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