Va. AG Jones joins lawsuit against EPA effort to roll back Clean Air Act

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: February 2, 2026

Words: 361

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Attorney General Jay Jones announced Friday that Virginia will officially rejoin a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency over a rule change that rolled back parts of the Clean Air Act.

The change to the rule made it so “major sources” of air pollution can be reclassified as “area sources” if there is an effort to reduce emissions. Once reclassified, they would no longer be subject to the major source limitations from …

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