Court orders New York to issue overdue climate rules

Federal judge strikes down the Climate Change Superfund Act: NDNY Chief Judge Sannes rules the $75B polluter-pays law is preempted by the Clean Air Act; Hochul says the state is "looking" at "options of appeal"

Backfill: Senate Minority Leader Ortt files S.10672 to bring radiological contamination under the state Superfund, and asks DEC for written "clean bill of health" letters

DEC and EPA add in-person drop-in sessions on the Niagara-Erie radiological assessment: Aug 17 Grand Island, Aug 20 Niagara Falls, Aug 24 Lewiston

Backfill: EPA relocated four Town of Niagara families on July 18 after readings up to 900,000 counts per second; families say housing was not ready