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BOSTON Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today led a coalition of nine attorneys general in calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to revise its policy for certifying new natural gas pipelines to consider potential disproportionate impacts on overburdened environmental justice communities and to better scrutinize whether projects are needed in light of national and state greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. In the comments filed with FERC Wednesday, the coalition argues that FERC must do more to satisfy its legal duties to ensure that new pipeline projects are in the public interest. The coalition calls on FERC to consider the significance of a project’s greenhouse gas emissions and to improve its engagement with environmental justice communities during the pipeline review process. ....
Attorney General Maura Healey has joined her colleagues in other states to sue the Trump administration for its alleged failure to curb air pollution. The lawsuit filed by 17 attorneys general and the City of New York has to do with very fine particles known as PM2.5. Under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to set standards for air pollutants, including fine particulate matter, at a level that protects public health and welfare. On December 7, the EPA announced it would retain existing standards for fine and coarse particulate matter for the next 5 years. Science shows that microscopic PM2.5 pollutants are linked to asthma, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, cognitive impairment, and dementia, the lawsuit states. PM2.5 concentrations are highest in Black and Latino communities, and it s estimated that PM2.5 pollution kills up to 45,000 people every year nationwide, according to the complaint. The lawsuit says fine particle pollution ....