New York To Sue Over EPA’s New “Dirty Power” Rule

The Associated Press reports:

New York’s attorney general says the state will sue to block the Trump administration’s rollback of an Obama-era rule designed to wean the nation’s electrical grid off coal-fired power plants and their climate-damaging pollution.

Attorney General Letitia James announced the state’s intentions on Twitter shortly after the Environmental Protection Agency replaced the rule with a less ambitious one. She makes reference to the administration’s ”#DirtyPower rule.”

The Trump administration says the Obama administration overstepped its legal authority in approving the Clean Power Plan. EPA chief Andrew Wheeler says coal is essential to the nation’s power grid.

BREAKING: We intend to sue the Trump Admin’s @EPA over their #DirtyPower rule.

This is yet another prime example of this administration’s attempt to rollback critical regulations that will have devastating impacts on both the safety & health of our nation.

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) June 19, 2019