Seth Johnson, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “The Clean Air Act says you need to meet emission limits at all times. There are free passes — loopholes — now. Many are being closed, and the rest that remain open need to be closed. That’s necessary in order to urge companies to…
Earthjustice, along with a coalition of community advocacy and environmental groups, formally petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to eliminate loopholes in national Clean Air Act protections that allow…
Power company wanted to violate pollution limits without consequence during malfunctions. By refusing to hear the case, U.S. Supreme Court ends this challenge.
According to estimates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 160,000 American lives were saved in 2010 by the Clean Air Act’s health protections. Four decades of clean air protections have…
Earthjustice litigation succeeded in closing a gaping air pollution loophole known as the startup, shutdown, and malfunction exemption, which allowed industrial facilities to blanket nearby communities with toxic air pollution,…
This court decision eliminates a loophole that had allowed polluters to ignore pollution limits whenever equipment malfunctions, and whenever they start up or shut down operations.
Opening briefs in case challenging air pollution loophole allowing polluters to evade clean air laws during so-called 'startup, shutdown, and malfunction' periods
