Ten states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force the agency to issue more stringent emission standards for wood-burning stoves.
The states — Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, along with the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency — are asking the court to require the EPA to promptly issue an updated standard, known as the New Source Performance Standards, for emissions of residential wood heaters.
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