Rare Mandamus Order Boosts Environmentalists' Bid For Stalled EPA Permit

Environmentalists' rare win on a mandamus petition earlier this year that forced EPA to quickly update to its lead-dust health standards is paying dividends for other groups pressing the agency to take actions they say are long overdue, starting with its renewal of a years-expired Clean Water Act (CWA) permit shortly after another court petition was filed. Tribal and environmental groups, who have long sought more stringent environmental controls on the Four Corners Power Plant on Navajo Nation territory,...