Environmentalists Threaten Suit To Force Stricter EPA Gas Plant NOx Rule

September 30, 2022
Correction Appended The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Sierra Club are formally threatening to sue EPA over its failure to update new source performance standards (NSPS) for smog-forming pollution from natural gas-fired power plants, even as the agency is developing stronger rules for climate-warming emissions from the plants. The two groups filed a Sept. 29 notice of intent (NOI) to sue to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, charging the agency has failed to perform its mandatory statutory duty to review...


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