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States Challenge EPA Over Pollution Standards

HeadlineApr 28, 2006

In other news, ten states have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over its decision not to regulate carbon dioxide pollution as a contributor to global warming. The states, led by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, are asking the government to impose tougher pollution standards on new power plants.

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