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Cement Kiln Emissions Challenge

Case Number # 3438

Cement kiln in Midlothian, Texas.
Cement kiln in Midlothian, TX. (Photo: Samantha Bornhorst.)

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's continued refusal to set mercury emissions standards for cement kilns, in violation of the Clean Air Act.

The EPA estimates that more than one hundred cement kilns emit over 23,000 pounds of mercury each year.

Desert Citizens Against Pollution
Downwinders at Risk
Friends of Hudson
Huron Environmental Activist League (HEAL)
Montanans Against Toxic Burning
James Pew

Press Releases

Communities Ask Court for Protection from Toxic Air Pollution
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Cement plants should start cleaning up now
Christmas Comes Early for Cement Industry
Friday, December 21, 2012
EPA allows more mercury and soot to poison communities
EPA Dirties Clean Air Legacy with Proposal to Weaken and Delay Cement Rule
Monday, June 25, 2012
Dangerous plot twist in clean air success story
Court Rejects Attempt to Kill Cement Plant Rule
Friday, December 9, 2011
Important air protection will save between 900-2,500 lives
House Votes to Increase Mercury Pollution, Premature Death and Disease
Thursday, October 6, 2011
H.R. 2681 promotes waste-burning, lets some of the dirtiest polluters escape clean air laws
EPA Estimates Clean Air Act Will Gain $2 Trillion in Health Benefits by 2020
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Includes 230,000 lives saved
Attorneys General Oppose Effort to Kill Cement Kiln Rules
Monday, February 14, 2011
AGs support EPA rules that would save up to 2,500 premature deaths
Rep. John Carter Distorting Facts On Cement Kiln Industry
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Congressman misrepresenting rule that would prevent up to 2,500 deaths annually
House Republicans Move to Undo Protections From Mercury Pollution
Thursday, January 6, 2011
GOP targets cement kiln rule, which would cut mercury emissions by nearly 17,000 pounds
Community Groups Defend EPA Plans to Clean Up Cement Kiln Pollution
Monday, December 6, 2010
Cement industry groups challenge protections that would save 2,500 lives every year