EPA Seeks To Suspend Suit Over Adverse Species Effects From PM NAAQS

EPA is once more rejecting an effort by some environmentalists to sever their Endangered Species Act (ESA) case from wider litigation against the Trump administration’s decision to retain Obama-era limits for particulate matter (PM), asking an appellate court to suspend the suit until it has strengthened the Trump-era decision. In State of California, et al. v. EPA, et al. , states and environmental groups are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to vacate the...