The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to allow challenges to EPA rules on air pollution in local courts across the country, pushing back on an effort from the Trump administration to concentrate the cases in Washington.
The oral arguments are connected to the yearslong fight over a Biden administration effort to create a nationwide “good neighbor” plan for state-to-state air pollution under the Clean Air Act.
That involved individual state plans across the country, including Utah and Oklahoma, who sought to challenge those denials but were stymied by a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit telling them the cases should be filed in Washington.
