Nine states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for relaxing some companies’ compliance and monitoring requirements with federal clean air and water laws in response to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing the policy is too broad and not transparent. New York, California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Vermont and Virginia ― argue the EPA lacks legal authority to waive “critical monitoring and reporting obligations that inform regulators and the public of pollution hazards” and failed to weigh the impacts the relaxation policy will have on public health amid the pandemic. Their lawsuit comes soon after over a dozen environmental groups filed their own challenge. Welcome as that is, why isn’t Massachusetts one of the states?
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