States To Sue Power Plants After EPA Abandons Probes

"The attorneys general of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut say they are ready to open a new round of litigation to force power plants to make billions of dollars of pollution-control improvements after a decision by the Bush administration to abandon more than 50 investigations into possible violations of the Clean Air Act...The states and a number of major environmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, have used the citizens'-suit provision hundreds of times over the years to force settlements with polluters, though environmental advocates and state officials typically prefer the E.P.A. to take charge."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan