Politics
California’s 100th Trump Suit Targets Environmental Rollback
- State attorney general calls complaint ‘unfortunate milestone’
- President’s regulations purge draws on real estate experience
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California filed its 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging a new rule that made it easier for the government to downplay the environmental consequences of projects seeking regulatory approval.
The most populous state was joined Friday by 20 others, including New York, along with the District of Columbia and Guam, in a bid to block the administration’s rewriting of Nixon-era rules that apply to infrastructure and construction proposals from pipelines to highways.