By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Making good on campaign promises to challenge federal overreach, new West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey joined his first multi-state lawsuit since being sworn in last week as the state’s top attorney.
The Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday it was joining with 22 other states to file a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and acting EPA Administrator Jane Nishida.
The states are challenging EPA plans to implement the waste emissions charge – also called the methane tax rule. The rule was put in place by the Inflation Reduction Act, the 2022 law supported by the administration of former President Joe Biden and negotiated by former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin.
