Michigan does a legal about-face on climate change under new attorney general
Source: Think Progress
"Under my watch, Michigan will not be a party to lawsuits that challenge the reasonable regulations aimed at curbing climate change."
E.A. CRUNDEN
JAN 23, 2019, 11:15 AM
In a dramatic shift, Michigan is withdrawing from four lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as the state’s new Democratic leadership moves to make good on climate action.
Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) announced Tuesday that Michigan will drop the EPA lawsuits targeting federal air regulations which the the state joined under the previous Republican leadership. Those lawsuits include challenges to Obama-era rules curbing power plant emissions like mercury, methane emissions from oil fields, and limitations on greenhouse gases imposed by the Clean Power Plan (CPP) — all targets of the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks.
“Under my watch, Michigan will not be a party to lawsuits that challenge the reasonable regulations aimed at curbing climate change and protecting against exposure to mercury and other toxic substances,” said Nessel in a statement.
Nessel’s predecessor, Republican Bill Schuette, notably endorsed former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, who initiated the mass rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations. Schuette ran for governor in 2018 but lost to Democrat Gretchen Whitmer last November. Both Whitmer and Nessel touted environmental issues in their campaigns, highlighting access to clean water and efforts to address climate change in a state plagued by pollution and reeling from several water crises.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/michigan-lawsuits-climate-epa-attorney-general-495e517933b3/
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Yeah Michigan! 
