Pruitt's Plan To End 'Sue-And-Settle' Fails To Address Pending Suits

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is pledging to prospectively end the practice of “sue-and-settle” -- where the agency enters into a legal agreement with select groups to take an action by a date certain -- but his plan is doing little to help parties in pending suits seeking to participate in such settlements as agency lawyers continue to argue they lack standing. One industry source says it is “a bit unusual” for EPA to change course while continuing to oppose intervention...