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document November 12, 2014

Opening Brief: Air Pollution Waste Loophole challenge

Final opening brief for the case involving EPA incentivizing industrial waste burning with little or no safeguards.
document November 12, 2014

Intervenor Brief: Air Pollution Loophole Challenge

Groups sue to stop EPA from exempting numerous forms of industrial waste burning from strict air pollution standards.
document November 12, 2014

Reply Brief: Air Pollution Loophole Challenge

Groups sue to stop EPA from exempting numerous forms of industrial waste burning from strict air pollution standards.
Groups filed a brief in federal court to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s creation of a loophole that allows industrial polluters such as cement plants, chemical plants, and paper mills to burn tires, demolition waste and wide variety of other industrial wastes without controlling, monitoring, or reporting the toxic pollution that results. (Rehan Qureshi / Shutterstock)
Press Release April 29, 2014

EPA Faces Court Challenge Over Solid Waste Loophole

Groups say loophole allows for burning of toxin-filled substances with little regulation
Press Release June 16, 2011

Air Pollution Loophole Puts Communities in Danger from Unregulated Waste Burning

Groups sue U.S. EPA to close loophole, protect public health and the environment
Article June 16, 2011

Pushing Pyromania