New Va. AG pulls out of Supreme Court climate case

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Source: E&E News

New Va. AG pulls out of Supreme Court climate case

By Lesley Clark 01/20/2022 06:45 AM EST

Virginia has dropped out of a coalition of states urging the Supreme Court to find that EPA has broad authority to regulate power plant emissions. ... Attorney General Jason Miyares (R), who took office over the weekend after Republicans swept the state in November, tweeted last night that he was "proud to announce Virginia is no longer participating in West Virginia v EPA."

The tweet signaled Miyares' rejection of his predecessor's challenge to a lawsuit launched by coal companies and Republican-led states asking the high court to curb EPA's authority. The Supreme Court last fall made the extraordinary move to take up the case, which focuses on a regulation that does not currently exist.

Arguments in the case are scheduled for Feb. 28. ... West Virginia v. EPA, Miyares said in his tweet, "could devastate the coal industry and the thousands of jobs it supports in Southwest Virginia. Virginia is no longer anti-coal." ... State figures show the coal industry employed about 2,000 people in 2020.

Former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) had added his name in August to a brief filed by fellow Democratic state lawyers who argued in favor of a broad role for EPA in regulating emissions under the Clean Air Act. (1) ... But in a letter yesterday to the Supreme Court, Virginia Solicitor General Andrew Ferguson said that after the change of administration, the office has "reconsidered Virginia's position in this case." (2)

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(1) https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-1778/187123/20210810143851099_No/20-1530/et/al.Brief/for/States/and/Municipalities/in/Opposition.pdf

(2) https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-1530/210830/20220119170258353_West/Virginia/v./EPA/-/19/January/2022.pdf

Read more: https://www.eenews.net/articles/new-va-ag-pulls-out-of-supreme-court-climate-case/

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FYI, Jason Miyares is Virginia's new attorney general.

I'm proud to announce Virginia is no longer participating in West Virginia v EPA, a lawsuit that could devastate the coal industry and the thousands of jobs it supports in Southwest Virginia.

Virginia is no longer anti-coal.

Link to tweet

He cites last week's SC decision against OSHA:

As this Court again recognized last week, “Congress does not usually ‘hide elephants in mouseholes.’” Nat’l Fed’n of Indep. Bus. v. Occupational Health & Safety Admin ....

[GB_RN]

1. He Says He's Proud...

I'm not from VA, but from neighboring NC, and I hate it for VA. Screw you, Jason Miyares.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. Jason Miyares Pulls Out Dick and Waves it at Trump...Look at Me, Look at me!

Better headline.

“I am proud to announce that more of WV citizens will soon die from not believing in Science…and mankind DID live with dinosaurs, ok?”

Thats what I hear, the need to kill as many people as proudly as possible.

[Marthe48]

3. we have a new oligitrog

Olig from oligarch, trog from troglodyte

Another giant step backwards.

[rockfordfile]

4. Un-American pos

[ananda]

5. Virginia, I hardly know you.

You're getting to be like Texas.

grrrr

[djacq]

6. I'm a Virginian... Forced to ride a state that's stuck in reverse.

[LENNY0229]

12. McCauliffe and Dems warned of all this SHIT. Indies went with the fascists. They DESERVE it!

[dchill]

7. He's proud. Says it all.

[DallasNE]

8. Of Course, He Did

Elections have consequences - in this case bad consequences.

Democrats put up a tired, old candidate that was overconfident and that took down the whole ticket.

[Icanthinkformyself]

10. The retread

came apart and the wheels fell off, so to speak. But, still. Youngkin? I mean....Really, VA?

[DallasNE]

11. It Was A Turnout Election

And overconfident Democrats just didn't get out the vote with an uninspiring candidate. There was no real surprise either as Youngkin led in the polls, with the momentum down the stretch.

[LENNY0229]

14. WRONG! HE GOT MORE VOTES THAN ANY DEM THERE IN HISTORY! He lost mainly due to INDIES going for the

R and that was very largely because of historical trends and inflation.

[LENNY0229]

15. McCauliffe got more votes than ANY Dem in HISTORY in VA. It was Indies there who went to the R

largely due to inflation and the historical trend.

[LENNY0229]

13. Please, enough of THAT. He got MORE VOTES THAN ANY DEM IN VA HISTORY. It happened because

INDIES WENT FOR THE R. And that was largely about inflation and historical trends.

[Icanthinkformyself]

9. Well, 'VA

is for Rubes and Fools, not Lovers' may be the new state catch phrase. Elect Troglodytes and they make troglodyte decisions.