California and Massachusetts are part of a coalition of 16 Democratic states and New York City that are gearing up to defend federal mercury pollution standards for power plants against a challenge mounted a month ago by a Colorado-based coal company.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) on behalf of the coalition filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed May 22 by Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC.
The company sued the Environmental Protection Agency for maintaining power plant standards on releases of mercury and other toxic air pollutants, despite gutting its legal rationale.
The legal rationale in question is ...
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