A Supreme Court environmental case being decided this month is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general and conservative allies.
The Interior Department is pausing new federal oil and gas leases and permits after a judge blocked the government from weighing the cost of climate damage in decisions.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services is the first state attorney general to create an environmental justice bureau.
Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 13 other state Attorneys General across the nation have sent a letter demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency take back a March 26 memorandum that called for a reduction in civil enforcement of federal environmental laws during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
After an investigation of more than three years, the state's attorney general has sued Exxon Mobil, accusing it of downplaying the risks of global warming to its business.
Democratic attorneys general are suing the Trump administration, just as their Republican counterparts sued the Obama administration. Each side has scored victories.
