Colorado Attorney General Defends Authority to Sue EPA Over Clean Power Plan

摘要

The Colorado attorney general's authority to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan over the objections of the governor is well established, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman (R) argued to the state Supreme Court (Hickenlooper v. Coffman, Colo., No. 2015SA296, brief pled 11/20/15). Coffman urged the state Supreme Court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) because it would undermine the executive independence of the attorney general's office and its ability to bring lawsuits on the state's behalf.