NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST VIRGINIA FILE MULTISTATE PETITION AGAINST EPA ATTACK ON COAL

09 May NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST VIRGINIA FILE MULTISTATE PETITION AGAINST EPA ATTACK ON COAL

May 9, 2024

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Bismarck, ND – North Dakota Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with 21 other states have filed a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, challenging the Biden EPA’s unconstitutional overreach aimed at killing North Dakota’s coal fired energy production. This recent Federal rule would require certain air toxin emission levels from coal-fired plants to be reduced drastically, with no corresponding health benefits and with great costs to the States and their industries.

“The Biden Administration pushes a green political agenda with no purpose other than to attack fossil fuels. Make no mistake, this rule intentionally sets impossible standards to destroy the coal industry. Yet again, the Biden Administration has ignored its statutory limitations and forced the entire country into an alignment with an activist agenda.” stated Attorney General Wrigley. “Federal agencies cannot decide on a whim to destroy entire industries. They are only permitted to work within the bounds that Congress set for them. North Dakota will continue the work of fighting for our energy producers, and we will battle for America’s energy independence.”

In addition to North Dakota and West Virginia, the 23-state coalition included Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

To read the petition, please see attached.

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