Rhode Island Cogeneration Assocs. v. E. Providence, City of
ELR Citation: ELR 20795 No(s). 89-0327P (D.R.I. Jan 4, 1990)
The court holds that a city ordinance banning commercial use of coal in the city is preempted by state air pollution laws. The ordinance banned plaintiff's planned coal-fired cogeneration electrical facility. The court first holds that Rhode Island's Attorney General was entitled to intervene as a m...