8 states sue EPA to force agency to act on upwind air pollution

The attorneys general in eight Eastern Seaboard states sued the Environmental Protection Agency over air pollution that blows in from upwind states.

New York Democrat Eric Schneiderman, the leading attorney general in the lawsuit, said it was filed Tuesday in a federal appeals court in the District of Columbia to force the Trump administration to ensure upwind states control pollution. Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont also are part of the lawsuit.