A coalition of eight states, including Connecticut, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force it to control pollution from power plants in the Midwest. The other states are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New York, whose state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is leading the lawsuit. The suit takes issue with a Trump administration’s decision to allow nine upwind states to escape tighter smog requirements. "Connecticut has stringent air quality laws and regulations, but Connecticut suffers from significant pollution and air quality issues because the state is downwind of out-of-state sources of pollution,” said Jaclyn M.
from News http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Connecticut-joins-states-suing-EPA-over-pollution-12458024.php
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