New York Attorney General Letitia James will appeal a court ruling allowing the owners of the shuttered Indian Point nuclear facility to resume dumping radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River.

Manhattan federal Judge Kenneth Karas struck down a state law last month that would prevent Holtec, the plant’s owners, from discharging waste water into the river.

Holtec filed a lawsuit shortly after the Save the Hudson law was passed in 2023. The judge ruled that New York overstepped its authority by preventing Holtec from releasing radioactive waste from Indian Point, which the facility has been doing lawfully for decades. The ruling stated that only the federal government has the authority to regulate nuclear discharges.

But states have significant authority over water discharge and poll

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