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Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities

The Environmental Protection Agency’s court filing asks the U.S, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to strike down the soot standard.

Ruling will likely bring significant energy savings and reduce energy costs for consumers

Lawsuit challenges unprecedented presidential carve-out that lets 50 chemical plants spew cancer-causing pollutants for two more years

The agency will now uphold the 2024 air standards, which set caps on emissions from these facilities

Yet again, polluters’ sky-is-falling predictions — this time, of permitting gridlock — prove false.

On Aug. 13, 2025, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a motion for an abeyance in regard to litigation for soot air pollution National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

The agency’s delay keeps pollutants flowing into nearby communities

Proclamations let chemical companies, coal power plants, and other major polluters dodge clean air standards in at least 30 states and U.S. territories

Earthjustice is suing the administration for unlawfully terminating $3 billion in EPA grant programs designed to fund public health and community resilience initiatives

How is the air where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters

A coalition of nonprofits, Tribes, and local governments sued the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to fund them.

Lawsuit pushes for ban on organophosphates after years of government delay and known harms to children

President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin say they care about clean air, water, and food — but their actions tell a different story.

Community and environmental groups represented by Earthjustice sued the Trump administration over its unlawful decision to exempt dozens of coal-fired power plants from stronger pollution limits set in the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, or MATS. The exemptions, issued in April, allow 68 coal power plants to release more mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals known to damage children’s brain development, trigger asthma attacks, and cause cancer.