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Nine U.S. states sue EPA for easing environmental enforcement amid pandemic

Nine states on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for relaxing a range of companies' compliance and monitoring requirements with federal clean air and water laws in response to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing the policy is too broad and not transparent. [Source]

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Origin: reuters.com

Category: domesticNews

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Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/domesticNews/~3/tJk0-ESVKXM/nine-u-s-states-sue-epa-for-easing-environmental-enforcement-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22P36U