Downwind States Fight GNP Case Pause, Warning Of Missed Air Standards

Democratic-led “downwind” states supporting EPA’s stayed Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) interstate air rule are resisting EPA’s bid to pause litigation over the measure, warning this will result in missed deadlines to attain federal air quality standards. The sparring in the GNP litigation also comes as EPA seeks to pause an unrelated industry challenge to its tougher air toxics rule for lime kilns, one of multiple court cases the agency is seeking to pause so that newly installed Trump officials can...