Iowa, Missouri and AmFree Sue New York Over Greenhouse Rule Affecting 2 Biofuel States
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
Iowa, Missouri and AmFree Sue New York Over Greenhouse Rule Affecting 2 Biofuel States
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
Summary
Iowa, Missouri and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed a federal lawsuit in Missouri challenging New York’s greenhouse gas reporting rule, arguing it unlawfully reaches businesses outside New York.
New York’s rule requires fuel suppliers to register and report emissions data, and the plaintiffs say it can sweep in ethanol and biodiesel producers whose products may only indirectly or hypothetically end up in the state.
The two states say the rule would saddle out-of-state companies with compliance costs, inspections, civil penalties and possible criminal liability despite their own different policy choices on greenhouse-gas regulation.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway cast the case as a federalism fight, saying one state cannot impose its regulatory program on another and warning similar cross-border climate and agricultural rules are spreading.