States challenge Trump decision to revoke basis of US climate regulations

WASHINGTON, March ‌19 (Reuters) - ​Twenty-one ​states led by Democratic-governed New York ‌and California joined by 14 ⁠cities and counties sued ‌President Donald Trump's administration ‌on Thursday seeking to undo its decision to ​revoke the government's scientific finding that underpins ⁠U.S. climate regulations, the New York ​Attorney General's Office said.

The legal challenge filed against the ​Environmental Protection Agency ‌in the U.S. Court of Appeals ⁠for the District of Columbia takes aim at ⁠the agency's move last month to ​terminate the government's 2009 conclusion that climate change endangers human ‌health and the environment. Trump has called ‌climate change a ⁠hoax despite ‌the scientific ​evidence.

(Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin ‌Paul)

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