D.C. Circuit Ruling Might Bolster Environmentalists' Suits Over EPA Ash Rule

Environmentalists plan to make the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's order for EPA to strengthen its 2015 coal ash disposal rule a centerpiece of two recently-filed challenges to the agency's Trump-era ash policies, offering an early signal of how environmentalists plan to broaden the precedent set by the order. Speaking at a Nov. 8 D.C. Bar panel discussion on coal ash litigation and regulation, Earthjustice attorney Thomas Cmar said the impacts of the D.C. Circuit...