Ten states, including Maine, challenge Trump over energy rules
Source: Portland Press Herald
NEW YORK — Ten states, including Maine, and a handful of national environmental groups have sued the Trump administration, claiming it’s violating federal law by delaying energy-efficiency standards intended to save Americans almost $24 billion.
Six rules for ceiling fans, walk-in coolers and other consumer products that are being blocked by President Trump have been projected to slash emissions of carbon dioxide by 292 million tons, according to a statement Monday by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The rules created under former President Barack Obama’s administration were to go into effect on March 20, but they were delayed until Sept. 30 without explanation.
“This is yet another example of how the Trump administration’s polluter-first energy policy has real and harmful impacts on the public health, environment – and pocketbooks – of New Yorkers,” Schneiderman, who’s leading the group suing the U.S. Department of Energy, said in the statement.
The lawsuit is the latest challenge to the Trump administration by groups of Democratic-led states seeking to slow the implementation of the president’s policy initiatives. Trump has vowed to cut regulations by as much as 75 percent to boost job growth.
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