Today, a dozen states and eleven non-profit organizations filed suit to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to comply with a Supreme Court ruling on the regulation of global warming pollution.
I'm still wondering what it will mean for Environmental Health regulators if the EPA does comply.
The suit comes a year after the Court ruled that the EPA has the authority under existing law to regulate greenhouse gases and a week after the head of the EPA recanted his repeated commitment to respond to the decision on a firm and prompt time table.
The legal action asks a federal court in Washington, D.C. to direct the EPA to issue its determination whether global warming pollution endangers public health or welfare within 60 days. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is leading this new legal effort.
Environmental Defense Fund Deputy General Counsel Vickie Patton said today...
“The EPA is defying the Supreme Court and endangering our economy, our environment, and our health. The law and the science are clear: The EPA must act now.”
The Environmental Health Defense Fund is a party to the suit.
The petitioning states are: Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland and Minnesota.
Three cities also joined the suit.
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