Earthjustice Vows To Sue EPA Over Power Plant Effluent Limits ‘Rollback’

August 31, 2020
Earthjustice is vowing to sue EPA over its final effluent limitations guidelines (ELG) for steam electric power plants, which is largely unchanged from the agency’s proposal and which environmentalists say is a major “rollback” of environmental protections established by the Obama administration. “The Trump administration is once again jeopardizing people’s health to give coal power industry lobbyists what they want. This dangerous decision will have a big impact because dirty coal-fired power plants are by far the number one source...


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