The federal district court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion by an environmental justice organization and a trade association representing the geothermal heat pump industry to intervene in a lawsuit challenging New York City’s building electrification law. The court said that there was no dispute that the City adequately represented the proposed intervenors’ interest in upholding the law. The court also said it was not persuaded that there were “underlying factual issues” that the proposed intervenors could help in addressing. In light of the proposed intervenors’ “specialized knowledge,” however, the court invited them to serve as amici curiae.

Challenge to a New York City ordinance that prohibits combustion equipment with carbon dioxide emission levels over a certain threshold in new buildings. 

Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York v. City of New York

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New York Federal Court Said Environmental Justice Organization and Heat Pump Trade Group Could Not Intervene to Defend Building Electrification Law

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New York Federal Court Said Environmental Justice Organization and Heat Pump Trade Group Could Not Intervene to Defend Building Electrification Law

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