California to Sue EPA on Ship, Aircraft and Equipment Emissions. Reuters, July 31, 2008. "California will sue the EPA for 'wantonly' ignoring its duty to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, aircraft, and construction and agricultural equipment, [California AG] Jerry Brown said on Wednesday. Brown said the lawsuit, to be... filed in Washington after a 180-day waiting period mandated by the Clean Air Act, was meant to force the EPA into action... Brown said he... had petitioned the EPA three times to implement such regulations and was met only with a 'pathetically weak' proposal that did not conclude greenhouse gases endangered public health... EPA spokesman [Jonathan Shradar] disagreed, saying the agency had been 'fully responsive' to California's petitions and said Brown would be better served lobbying the Democratic-led U.S. Congress to take action... Brown said California would likely be joined... in [its suit] by Connecticut, Oregon, New York City, the California Air Resources Board, the South Coast Air Quality Management District and an a coalition of environmental groups."
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