Nearly 20 health, community, and environmental groups around the country officially put the EPA on notice of their intent to pursue legal action unless the EPA issues the overdue designations required under the 2024 National Ambient Air Quality Standard limit for PM2.5, also known as soot.
Community, health, and environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s exemptions that allow coke ovens to keep spewing harmful pollutants.
106 groups oppose EPA abandoning its defense of national health-protective pollution standards for fine particulate matter, also known as PM2.5 or soot.
In 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a rule that would initiate a series of actions to reduce exposure to harmful levels of fine particulate matter. This paper assesses where EPA stands in the process of implementing that rule and shines a light on why it is so important to faithfully implement it, as Congress mandated EPA to do under the Clean Air Act.
