ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 4 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor drew inspiration from a federal judge blocking a federal rule yesterday that tried to coerce state highway departments to measure and reduce CO2 emissions on roadways. The 21-state coalition led by Kentucky challenged the Federal Highway Administration's rule in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. "This rule is mo  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Following an order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement praising the court's order, which declared unlawful a final rule of the Federal Highway Administration that would require states to set declining targets for tailpipe CO2 emissions from vehicles on the National Highway System.   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 4 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed SF 2096, a bill for an act repealing gender balance requirements for appointive bodies. "I believe that our focus should always be on appointing the most qualified people. That includes engaged citizens with a genuine interest in serving their state or local community, as well as individuals with valuable experience that directly relates to the position,"   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 4 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Governor Reynolds issued the following statement in response to the Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, on behalf of twenty-five states and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce, challenging the SEC's Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Rule: "Joe Biden has become a radical climate alarmist, seeking to transform every agency, including the SEC, into his personal EPA. "The SEC is not  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: In one of Attorney General Gentner Drummond's many efforts to push back against the Biden Administration's ceaseless attacks on the oil and gas industry, a federal judge on Monday blocked a highway emissions rule that sought to drive gas-powered cars off the road. Drummond and 20 other state attorneys general had joined Kentucky in challenging a Federal Highway Admi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the pending Clean Air Act (CAA) regulatory proposal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and 5-Year Review. The State of Indiana led the letter, urging the   more