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California, 15 other states, and five nonprofits sue EPA over waiver decision

Posted at 11:47 AM on 02 Jan 2008

California has made good on its promise to sue the U.S. EPA over the agency's refusal to allow the state to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, and 15 other states have made good on their promise to join in on the litigation. The swarm of states, along with five nonprofit groups, filed suit today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The presumed shared feeling of the group, as stated by California Attorney General Jerry Brown: "The denial letter was shocking in its incoherence and utter failure to provide legal justification for the administrator's unprecedented action."

sources: Los Angeles Times, East Bay Business Times, Central Valley Business Times

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We need more class [action]

I think that the new trend for 2008 should be class-action suits by citizens suing the administration for not supporting the public's directives (such as war in Iraq, Climate Change, etc.).

There certainly is no shortage of lawyers willing to take on class-action suits.

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by Greta at 3:58 PM on 02 Jan 2008

Again, I ask...

is it too much trouble for you to list the other states and non-profits? sheesh Must I scavenger hunt this basic information yet again.

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by Greta at 4:02 PM on 02 Jan 2008

State support

comes from:

"The 15 states joining California in today's suit: Massachusetts, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington."
This information was at the end of the LA Times article linked to this story.

Not sure about non-profits but I could make some good guesses.

by katwink at 5:25 PM on 02 Jan 2008

And...

...From the East Bay Business Times (also linked in this article):

"The petitioners -- the Conservation Law Foundation, Environmental Defense, the International Center for Technology Assessment, the Natural Resources Defense Counsel (sic) and the Sierra Club -- filed the suit in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco."

Enjoy. :)

by Pathos at 11:45 PM on 02 Jan 2008

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