NEW YORK – November 5, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that a coalition of 25 states, cities and counties led by his office filed a motion to intervene to defend the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan” against legal challenge. The coalition’s motion to intervene in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit responds to suits that several states and industry groups have filed challenging the rule.
“President Obama’s plan to limit harmful emissions from power plants is necessary to preserve our natural resources and protect public health. I will vigorously defend these rules on behalf of future generations of Californians,” said California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris.
The matter is being handled by Assistant Attorneys General Michael J. Myers, Morgan Costello, and Brian Lusignan, all of the Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Bureau, led by Bureau Chief Lemuel M. Srolovic and Executive Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice Alvin Bragg, and Assistant Solicitors General Bethany Davis-Noll and Karen Lin and Deputy Solicitor General Steven Wu of the Division of Appeals and Opinions, led by Solicitor General Barbara Underwood.
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