TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT – New Jersey is joining another multi-state effort challenging the federal government’s failure to clamp down on pollution from coal-burning power plants that contribute to unhealthy air in the Northeast.
The litigation, filed by six states and New York City, stems from a decision in December by the administration of President Donald Trump to take no further action to control emissions of ground-level ozone from sources in upwind states until 2023 at the earliest.
In a petition filed last week in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, New Jersey and other states aim to hold the federal Environmental Protection Agency to a promise to impose stricter ozone-emission standards from upwind states …
