Attorneys general from 24 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) reversal last month of its 2009 endangerment finding, which stated that greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles harm the public health and welfare.
The suit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was spearheaded by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong.
The endangerment finding, issued under the Clean Air Act after the Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, created the scientific and legal foundation for federal regulations curtailing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, power plants, and other sources. The Trump administration’s EPA revoked the finding earlier this year. …