California’s 100th Trump Suit Targets Environmental Rollback (2)

California filed its 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging a new rule that made it easier for the government to downplay the environmental consequences of projects seeking regulatory approval.

The most populous state was joined Friday by 20 others, including New York, along with the District of Columbia and Guam, in a bid to block the administration’s rewriting of Nixon-era rules that apply to infrastructure and construction proposals from pipelines to highways.

The latest salvo by Democrat-led states to reverse the federal government’s deregulatory actions comes as President Donald Trump campaigns for re-election, and as climate change takes center ...