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Via The Hill:
Eight northeastern states are suing the Trump administration for denying their request to further crack down on smog pollution from nearby states.
The states, led by New York, had asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2013 to add eight states and part of another to an area known as the Ozone Transport Region. The designation requires those states to take actions to mitigate ozone pollution that blows to downwind states.
The Obama administration’s EPA proposed denying the petition just before Inauguration Day, and current EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt finalized the denial in November.
New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont say that denial violates the Clean Air Act.
“Millions of New Yorkers are breathing unhealthy air as smog pollution continues to pour in from other states,” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement.