Sen. Lee Introduces Legislation To Ban Citizen Suits Under Clean Air Act

Senate energy committee Chairman Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced legislation that would ban citizen suits under the Clean Air Act (CAA), saying the bill would “protect Americans from lawfare by climate extremists,” though the “Fair Air Enforcement Act” goes well beyond climate change and would put an end to all citizen enforcement suits under the law. Lee introduced the measure, S. 3049 Oct. 23 and it was referred to the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee. At the time of...