24 States Sue US EPA Over Climate Change Decision | The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the endangerment finding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate greenhouse gases.
24 States Sue US EPA Over Climate Change Decision | The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the endangerment finding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate greenhouse gases.
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* Commonwealth of Massachusetts
* State of California
* State of New York
* State of Connecticut
* State of Arizona
* State of Colorado
* State of Delaware
* State of Hawai’i
* State of Illinois
* State of Maine
* State of Maryland
* State of Michigan
* State of Minnesota
* State of Nevada
* State of New Jersey
* State of New Mexico
* State of North Carolina
* State of Oregon
* Josh Shapiro, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
* State of Rhode Island
* State of Vermont
* Commonwealth of Virginia
* State of Washington
* State of Wisconsin
* District of Columbia
* United States Virgin Islands
* City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
* City of Boston, Massachusetts
* City of Chicago, Illinois
* City of Cleveland, Ohio
* City of Columbus, Ohio
* City and County of Denver, Colorado
* Harris County, Texas
* City of Los Angeles, California
* Martin Luther King, Jr., County, Washington
* City of New York, New York
* City and County of San Francisco, California
* And Santa Clara County, California
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The list, from [the lawsuit](https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/158b1f1c8d49362e/76ef57f7-full.pdf)
* Commonwealth of Massachusetts
* State of California
* State of New York
* State of Connecticut
* State of Arizona
* State of Colorado
* State of Delaware
* State of Hawai’i
* State of Illinois
* State of Maine
* State of Maryland
* State of Michigan
* State of Minnesota
* State of Nevada
* State of New Jersey
* State of New Mexico
* State of North Carolina
* State of Oregon
* Josh Shapiro, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
* State of Rhode Island
* State of Vermont
* Commonwealth of Virginia
* State of Washington
* State of Wisconsin
* District of Columbia
* United States Virgin Islands
* City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
* City of Boston, Massachusetts
* City of Chicago, Illinois
* City of Cleveland, Ohio
* City of Columbus, Ohio
* City and County of Denver, Colorado
* Harris County, Texas
* City of Los Angeles, California
* Martin Luther King, Jr., County, Washington
* City of New York, New York
* City and County of San Francisco, California
* And Santa Clara County, California