“A coalition of leading environmental groups is threatening to sue Trump’s recent appointee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission if he doesn’t recuse himself from work that could be used to advance Trump’s coal agenda. The appointee, Bernard McNamee, joined FERC, the nation’s lead energy regulator, earlier this month after a contentious confirmation fight in the Senate, which Democrats framed as a vote on Trump’s plan to rescue coal plants. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Earth Justice, and the Union of Concerned Scientists on Tuesday filed a formal petition with FERC on Tuesday, asking that McNamee recuse himself from two key FERC dockets addressing grid resiliency.”
