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document November 8, 2017

Court Ruling: Southern California Court Rules Against Air Board’s Decision to Adopt Weak Amendments to Controversial Cap-and-Trade Program

The Los Angeles Superior Court issued a ruling against the South Coast Air Quality Management District for making last-minute changes to NOx RECLAIM, the district’s controversial air pollution program. In…
Smog over Los Angeles. (Robert S. Donovan / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release: Victory November 8, 2017

Southern California Court Rules Against Air Board’s Decision to Adopt Weak Amendments to Controversial Cap-and-Trade Program

Ruling will make it harder for industry lobbyists to push through last-minute changes to weaken regulations
The greater Los Angeles region has the dirtiest air in the nation, yet air regulators are falling down on the job. (Mikhail Tchkheidze/Shuttershock)
Article January 30, 2017

This Is Exactly the Wrong Way to Clean Up the L.A. Area’s Air

The greater Los Angeles region has the dirtiest air in the nation, yet air regulators are falling down on the job.
Article March 9, 2016

Earthjustice Inicia Acción Legal Contra Los Angeles Por El Smog

En lugar de aceptar una propuesta de limitar las cantidades de smog que protegerían la salud, los funcionarios electos del distrito de calidad del aire aprobaron un plan mucho más…
document March 9, 2016

Petition: Lawsuit Challenges Air Board’s Failure to Protect Southern California from Oil Refinery Pollution

Community and conservation groups have sued the South Coast Air Quality Management District for allowing L.A.-area oil refineries and power plants to continue spewing massive amounts of smog-forming pollutants, threatening…
The Los Angeles skyline. (IM_photo / Shutterstock)
Press Release March 9, 2016

Lawsuit Challenges Air Board’s Failure to Protect Southern California from Oil Refinery Pollution

Delayed pollution safeguards in favor of business-friendly measures prompt community and environmental groups to act
Smog hovers over downtown Los Angeles and surrounding areas on March 3, 2016. An Earthjustice lawsuit challenges an oil industry-backed plan to blunt smog clean up in the LA region. (Miranda Fox/Earthjustice)
Article March 9, 2016

Earthjustice Takes Air Board to Court for Failing to Curb Los Angeles Smog

Our lawsuit challenges an oil industry-backed plan to blunt smog clean up in the LA region.
The Los Angeles skyline. (IM_photo / Shutterstock)
Article April 29, 2015

Coalition Calls for EPA to Protect the Health of Southern California Residents

Groups send urgent request asking EPA to do more to protect the Los Angeles region from air pollution.
An aerial view of smog in Los Angeles, Calif. (Robert S. Donovan / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Article February 5, 2015

A Disgusting Day to Breathe in L.A.

The Los Angeles region is currently experiencing dirty, filthy and downright disgusting air. It's time for stronger air regulations.
Smog covers the city of Los Angeles. Three million people in the greater Los Angeles area are living with asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other smog-related diseases. (Jordan / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
case October 31, 2014

Fighting Smog in Los Angeles

document October 31, 2014

LA 1-Hour Ozone Plan 2012

Groups File Lawsuit to Fight Filthy Air in Los Angeles: Court filing
Smog cubre la ciudad de Los Ángeles. Tres millones de personas en el área metropolitana de Los Ángeles están viviendo con asma, diabetes, enfermedades cardiovasculares y otras enfermedades relacionadas con el smog. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Hitchcock)
Press Release October 31, 2014

Grupos Ambientalistas Presentan Demanda contra la Mala Calidad del Aire de Los Angeles

Las lagunas en las leyes actuales creadas para cumplir con los Estándares Nacionales de Calidad del Aire están perjudicando a muchas comunidades
A mother watches over her child during treatment for asthma. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Article October 31, 2014

"We’re fighting for 18 million people living in the greater Los Angeles region forced to breathe this dirty air."

Smog plans are the blueprints that help communities achieve clean air, but in Los Angeles plans are faulty and communities suffer because of it.