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Today, a federal district judge ruled in favor of the State of California, as well as community and environmental groups, by pausing an industry challenge to California’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decides whether to approve the rule under the federal Clean Air Act.

Ashley Bennett, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office: “People are extremely concerned about this because they know what communities are going through in the Southeast with the wood pellet industry, and they just don’t want those problems.”

Environmental justice groups joined California Attorney General to defeat legal challenge from rail industry

Environmental and community groups to review to ensure strongest possible protections from air pollution

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

El caso avanza y los demandados tienen hasta el 15 de octubre para responder a las reclamaciones

The case advances and the defendants have until October 15 to respond to the claims; the Congestion Pricing Program signed into law in 2019 to fund public transportation improvements, improve air quality, reduce traffic, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Governor Newsom’s veto delivered a blow to pollution accountability in the state

Warehouse project bringing 1,300 diesel truck trips per day in “diesel death zone” must undergo further scrutiny before development begins

It’s time for SoCal’s air regulators to build the political will and shape an Indirect Source Rule to shift port operations to zero emissions

STATEMENT: Catskill Mountainkeeper urges state and federal officials to omit Route 17 project alternatives that expand peak capacity and are misaligned with community needs and solutions

Health, environmental, community groups urge court not to stay vital climate, health protections

Governor Hochul has maintained a blockade of the Congestion Pricing Program. While the Program was set to begin delivering results for New Yorkers on June 30, hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of toll-collecting infrastructure instead sits idle and hundreds of thousands of vehicles sit caught in gridlocked Manhattan.

Port of Stockton Plant would pollute air, climate in community burdened by high pollution

“We urge Congress to stand firm in rejecting these attacks on standards that are saving lives and helping us meet our climate goals.”

Millions of people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from newly exposed lakebed.

EPA’s approval lights the path for air agencies looking to electrify dirty goods movement operations nationwide

Codes could reduce building sector emissions that contribute to poor air quality and climate change