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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • FTC and Match Strike $14M Deal over Alleged Deceptive...more
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 17 Democratic AGs, the city of Chicago, New York City, and the California Air Resources Board, in filing comments opposing the EPA’s proposal to repeal the 2024 Mercury and Air...more
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...more
A group of 23 Republican AGs filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit of the EPA’s Final Rule requiring charges on certain oil and gas producers exceeding Congressional methane emissions...more
A group of 24 Republican AGs submitted comments urging the EPA to deny California’s request for a preemption waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation, which requires certain vehicle fleets to incorporate zero-emitting...more
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and 24 other state Attorney Generals filed on May 9th a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the recent rule...more
A group of 24 Republican AGs and Arizona legislative leaders have filed a motion to stay the EPA’s final rule on Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing...more
California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (the Board) have reached a $46 million agreement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. to settle alleged violations of California’s engine...more
Nineteen Republican AGs filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final action that granted two California Air Resource Board...more
A 19-state coalition of Republican AGs wrote a letter to the EPA opposing a proposed rule that adjusts the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter (NAAQS) by lowering the annual allowable levels for air...more
A group of 19 AGs co-signed a comment letter supporting an EPA supplemental proposal to strengthen emissions regulations for facilities in the oil and natural gas sector. The proposal contains the first EPA emission...more
A multistate coalition of 20 AGs and the County Attorney of Harris County, Texas, issued comments on the EPA’s proposed rule titled “Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention.” The proposed rule would strengthen the...more
A coalition of AGs from 17 Republican states filed a Petition for Review in the District of Columbia Circuit of the EPA’s reinstatement of California’s ability to independently set emissions standards under the Clean Air Act....more
California AG Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board led a coalition of 12 states in urging the EPA to adopt more protective standards for particulate matter emissions from airplanes in comments submitted in...more
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey Announces Run for Governor As widely anticipated, Massachusetts Attorney General Healey formally announced she will run for governor in 2022. General Healey’s decision will likely...more
California drafts safe limits for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water - Chemical & Engineering News – July 23 - A July 22 draft report from the California Environmental Protection Agency would set a science-based safe...more
A group of 16 Republican AGs, led by Ohio AG Dave Yost, sent a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) urging it to not reinstate California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act, which the letter argues...more
A group of 19 Republican AGs, led by West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that...more
Led by California, 23 states, including Massachusetts, have sued the Trump administration challenging new federal regulations that strip the states’ authority to set their own vehicle emissions standards. On December 3, 2019,...more