Downwind North Carolina Will Sue Feds Over Coal Emissions

摘要

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 Carolina's 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. EPA's deadline for action was Nov. 18.