Maine, other states join forces to muscle EPA on air pollution

[jpak]

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070116lawsuits.html

As a small, rural state tucked in the far corner of the country, Maine doesn't seem like much of a match for the federal government.

But the state has taken the Bush administration to court six times in the past four years to demand tougher action to prevent various forms of air pollution from drifting across the country.

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"If the federal government doesn't carry out its duties, then the states are not going to sit idly by and watch," said Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe.

Last week, Maine was one of a dozen states that filed briefs in federal court in an ongoing lawsuit that demands tighter limits on mercury emissions from power plants.

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[jwirr]

1. Environmental issues are really a local/global issue. You need

to think global while working on a local level to do everything you can. And I am glad to see many of our mayors and governors doing exactly that.