Downwind North Carolina Will Sue Feds Over Coal Emissions
North Carolina officials plan to take the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Tennessee Valley Authority to court to stop out-of-state coal-fired powerplants from polluting North Carolinas air.
Attorney General Roy Cooper notified EPA in a Nov. 19 letter that the state will sue to force the agency to act on a clean air petition filed in March. The state asked EPA to mandate a remedy for nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired generating units in 13 states located upwind of North Carolina. EPAs deadline for action was Nov. 18.