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

On Petition for Review of Final Agency Action of the U.S. EPA (EPA-R03-OAR-2012-0002). The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the EPA’s approval of a Pennsylvania plan that failed to protect parks and wilderness areas from haze pollution generated by power plants and factories.

Ruling called ‘a victory for clean air, clear skies, and the rule of law’

Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Pennsylvania’s deficient plan to reduce air pollution. The Commonwealth’s regional haze plan requires no emission reductions from any of its 33 coal-fired power plants or factories, the major sources of hazy, unhealthful air in our parks and neighborhoods. Earthjustice brought the…

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of Pennsylvania’s deficient plan to reduce air pollution. The Commonwealth’s regional haze plan requires no emission reductions from any of its 33 coal-fired power plants or factories, the major sources of hazy, unhealthful air in our parks and neighborhoods.

Plan risks public health and air quality in national parks and wilderness areas

Earthjustice will review regional plan to ensure it curbs emissions from coal-fired power plants

Agency has an April deadline to rework standard

Dirty air threatens public health, air quality in national parks and wilderness areas