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Article: Allen Sues U.S. on Air Pollution; Governor Contends States Can Decide How to Regulate Range of Areas
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- The Washington Post
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- January 10, 1995
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Gov. George Allen took his yearlong fight with the Clinton
administration over new environmental rules to court today, insisting
that the federal government has no power to force Virginia to impose
stricter air pollution standards.
Invoking the same rhetorical flourishes long used by southern
governors challenging edicts from Washington, Republican Allen
marched from his office in the State Capitol down a hill to the
federal courthouse here. He filed a lawsuit disputing rulings by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency involving Virginia's regulation
of polluting emissions from cars and industrial plants.
The suit asserts that the states have the prerogative to decide
how to regulate not ...