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The Hill |
“The federal government cannot unilaterally strip states’ independent constitutional authority,” said a joint statement from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Luján Grisham.
Yahoo |
Michael Gerrard, director of the Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, said it would be an “extraordinarily bold move” for the federal government to go to court to try to overtur...
USA Today |
The letter from the Arizona Republican legislators cites the devastation that has resulted in northern Arizona from the “war on coal,” including hefty job losses, declining school enrollment and fall...

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