The state of Maryland is suing the EPA for failing to act on pollution coming from power plants in five upwind states. The complaint was filed by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh (D), and was announced by Governor Larry Hogan (R). According to the Maryland Department of the Environment, about 70 percent of the ozone in Maryland comes from outside the state. The suit seeks to have 36 power generating units in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia install and use the same pollution controls that are used in power plants in Maryland.
Read more at The Baltimore Sun, The Hill, The News & Observer and Fox 45.
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