Sixteen Democratic AGs and the Harris County Attorney (Houston, Texas) have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by industry groups challenging the EPA’s denial of their petition for reconsideration of the agency’s chemical accident safety rule (Final Rule), which requires certain high-risk facilities—such as refineries and chemical plants—to take steps to prevent chemical accidents.

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Nineteen Democratic AGs and the Harris County Attorney (Houston, Texas) have submitted comments opposing the President’s Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) Interim Final Rule (Proposed Rule), which would repeal CEQ’s regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In their comments, the AGs assert that Congress enacted NEPA to advance a national policy of environmental protection…

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A group of four Democratic AGs sued the EPA and Citibank, N.A., as a financial agent for the federal government, alleging that they wrongfully denied the states access to funds appropriated by Congress for clean-energy projects in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act, the separation of powers, the Spending Clause, and the Tenth Amendment, among…

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In 3E, Chris Allen comments on the developments surrounding a recent Final Rule issued by EPA in April 2024 setting drinking water standards for PFAS.

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A group of 22 Republican AGs, along with several coal, oil, and gas companies and industry trade associations, sued New York over the state’s Climate Superfund Act, which authorizes the state to levy billions of dollars in fines on fossil fuel companies for alleged contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. The complaint alleges that the Act is…

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