Attacking Limits On Discretion, GOP States File Suit Over EPA’s 111 Rule

Over two dozen Republican-led states are filing suit over EPA’s updated implementing rules for section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, a provision the agency has used for multiple high-profile climate rules, with the states arguing the rule unlawfully limits states’ leeway to impose eased requirements for certain facilities. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) led 24 other states in filing a Jan. 17 complaint urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to vacate...