Progressive attorneys general have taken 80 actions to oppose Trump environmental actions: Study

A coalition that supports state attorneys general opposing the Trump administration's rollback of environmental regulations says the top lawyers in mostly progressive states have taken at least 80 actions in the past year to challenge those moves. The State Energy & Environment Impact Center published a report Tuesday documenting the actions of state attorneys general who have used a variety of tactics to challenge the Trump administration as it seeks to delay or repeal a number of Obama-era environmental regulations. The coalition launched in August 2017 as a way to organize the actions of state attorneys general who are eager to counter the Trump administration’s aggressive environmental and energy agenda. The Trump administration has reversed course on plans to roll back environmental regulations at least 10 times in response to a court decision or lawsuit, according to Politico...more