Charles McPhedran, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “This moves EPA forward.”

Deadlines set for EPA to take action on 33 states’ plans to reduce haze pollution

National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice call for improvements on Colorado’s regional haze plan to better protect air quality and public health

Proposal by Sierra Club and National Parks Conservation Association will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, improving public health and visibility at national parks

Court rejects polluters’ claims that standards are too protective

The Consent Decree entered in this matter requires that, by September 9, 2017,
Defendant Scott Pruitt, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)
sign a notice of final rulemaking pursuant to the Clean Air Act’s (“CAA”) regional haze
program, 42 U.S.C. § 7491, to meet the “best available retrofit technology” (“BART”)
requirement for electric generating units (“EGUs”) in Texas. Consent Decree ¶ 4.a.i and ii. EPA
may meet this obligation by: (1) promulgating a federal implementation plan (“FIP”); (2)
approving a state implementation plan (“SIP”); or (3) promulgating a partial FIP and approving a
partial SIP that together meet the relevant requirements. Id.

EPA seeks to stall commonsense air pollution standards on Texas power plant emissions

Watch Earthjustice set the record straight during upcoming oral arguments about the Navajo Generating Station’s dirty emissions and its outsized impact on our national treasures, including the Grand Canyon.

Desde las Great Smoky Mountains hasta el Parque Nacional de Joshua Tree, la neblina contaminada es una de las amenazas más generalizadas y apremiantes que acechan a nuestros parques y a los que quieren disfrutarlos.

Haze pollution is one of the biggest threats facing our parks and those who want to enjoy them.

Broad coalition to convene, speak out in support of proposed Regional Haze Rule revisions

Advocates push for significant haze pollution clean-ups for iconic landscapes

Ninth Circuit Upholds EPA Arizona Haze Plan

Court rules Agency’s actions complied with the Clean Air Act, maintains plan to clean air at national parks and wilderness areas

Finalized EPA rule requires long-overdue emissions reductions at some of the worst-polluting power plants in the country

Comments on Cholla Power Plant bypassing strong pollution controls and threatening air quality

Cholla Power Plant bypasses strong pollution controls, threatens air quality

La propuesta reducirá la bruma en el Parque Nacional Big Bend y otros parques nacionales y áreas silvestres