State AG Database – Defense of State Law

The following is a list of actions taken by state attorneys general to defend state environmental standards against challenges aimed at eliminating or rolling back those standards, organized by topic:

• Climate Change Mitigation

• Energy

Climate Change Mitigation

Defense of California Feed-in-Tariff Program (2009): California AG filed brief with the California Public Utility Commission defending the state’s authority to use feed-in tariffs.

Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. v. Goldstene (2007): State AGs intervened in lawsuit to defend California’s greenhouse gas emission standards for motor vehicles against challenge alleging that the standards are preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA).

Energy

Defense of California Feed-in-Tariff Program (2009): California AG filed brief with the California Public Utility Commission defending the state’s authority to use feed-in tariffs.