The Latest by Charles McPhedran

Senior Attorney

A wide aerial landscape photo of a construction site with gas turbines operating on the left side of the area. The site is surrounded by trees in the distance.
September 18, 2026

EPA Guts Clean Air Rules, Enables AI Data Center Pollution

The Trump administration is threatening to cut out the public and speed the construction of AI data centers and their polluting power plants.

Split view of clear and hazy days in Shenandoah National Park.
October 5, 2015

EPA Must Do More for Clean Air in Parks

The Third Circuit orders the EPA to protect national parks from Pennsylvania air pollution.

October 30, 2013

Court Sends Pennsylvania Haze Rule Back to EPA

Agency has an April deadline to rework standard