STATES MOVE TO BLOCK NEW EPA CLEAN AIR RULE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- More than a dozen state attorneys general sought Monday to block the federal government from implementing a rule change they argued would lead to more air pollution from the nation's power plants.

Fourteen states and a number of cities, including New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., are seeking a court injunction to short-circuit a measure by the Environmental Protection Agency before it goes into effect Dec. 26.

They want to block EPA's loosening of Clean Air Act regulations that would allow older power plants, refineries, and factories to modernize without having to install expensive …