Democratic States Defend Legal Standing For Role In Ozone NAAQS Suit

A coalition of Democratic-led states is defending its legal standing to intervene in litigation to defend the Obama EPA's stricter ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS), saying the states face harm if an appellate court vacates the standard and rejecting the Trump administration's claim that they face a strict test to win a role in the suit. In a July 24 filing , the seven states led by California and the District of California argue that their standing is...