"Green Groups Sue To Stop EPA Rule Change For Power Plant Emissions"

"A number of environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday challenging a recent administrative decision to allow certain major power plants to turn off some pollution controls.

The petition for review filed by the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council, among others, asks the court to reconsider the rule change by EPA that environmentalists consider a loophole for polluters under the Clean Air Act.

“Once again, the Trump administration is putting the health of polluter balance sheets over the health of our families and children,” said Mary Anne Hitt, director of Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, in a statement. “For decades, polluters have been able to meet this Clean Air Act requirement, and the administration’s decision to grant them this toxic loophole is as heartless as it is reckless. Real people will pay the price with this cruel decision and we will do everything we can to stop it.”"

Miranda Green reports for The Hill March 26, 2018.