Mealey's (January 18, 2023, 3:09 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — Alaska maintains an interest that will not be protected if it is excluded from a case brought by three citizen groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to compel the agency to approve or disapprove a state implementation plan (SIP) to remediate air pollution in the borough of Fairbanks North Star because the EPA will not raise the same arguments offered by the state, a Washington federal judge found in granting the state’s motion to intervene in the action....