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New Source Review article

State Involvement
In the 1990's, EPA began initiative to enforce new source review requirements against coal fired power plants. The EPA effort was often supplemented by separate enforcement actions filed by the states and non-governmental organizations filing or intervening as co-plaintiffs under private causes of action in the Clean Air Act.

Environmental law article

State Action
States have become more active in creating and enforcing environmental policy in recent years, primarily through new state legislation and enforcement actions taken by State Attorneys General. State Attorneys General derive environmental enforcement power through a combination of state statutes, federal statutes, and common law. In addition to enforcement role, Attorney Generals in most states provide legal counsel to state agencies developing regulations and legislative proposals and in defending agencies in administrative hearings and civil actions brought against state agencies.