States sue over Trump EPA emissions rules repeal

What each leads with

The Guardian US ↗ — Headline and lede emphasize “gutting key protections” that will “set US back decades and worsen climate crisis.”; Quotes Letitia James on “callous disregard” for health and “betrayal of American families” putting “profits over people.”

Washington Examiner ↗ — Headline labels plaintiffs “Blue states” and focuses on repeal of standards for “fossil-fuel power plants.”; Adds industry claim that required carbon-capture technology “does not yet exist” and would close plants.


US states and cities sue over Trump EPA’s repeal of emissions rules

Left: The Guardian US

Democratic-led coalition says gutting key protections will set US back decades and worsen climate crisis States and cities sued the Trump administration on Thursday for repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. Twenty-one states, led by New York, are challenging the Environmental…

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Blue states sue EPA over repeal of emissions rules for fossil-fuel power plants

Right: Washington Examiner

A coalition of 25 states and cities, led by New York’s attorney general, has filed a lawsuit to overturn the Trump EPA‘s repeal of pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants. S. C.

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