Kathleen Riley

Senior Attorney

Washington, D.C. Office

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Kathleen Riley

Senior Attorney Washington, D.C. Office

Tylar Greene
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
tgreene@earthjustice.org

Kathleen Riley is a senior attorney with the D.C. Regional office.

Kathleen was inspired to pursue environmental and justice work after growing up in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley.

Kathleen primarily litigates under the Clean Air Act, with a focus on reducing pollution from chemical and petrochemical plants including in Louisiana and Texas, and on reducing interstate ozone pollution.

Prior to joining Earthjustice, Kathleen Riley was a fellow with the Sierra Club.

Tylar Greene
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
tgreene@earthjustice.org

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March 18, 2021

Bloomberg Law

Interstate Rule Is One Fix in Thicket of Upwind Pollution Woes

“Communities are expecting more going forward from an administration that has promised to address environmental injustice. We are encouraging the administration to achieve greater pollution reductions under the more protective 2015 ozone standard.”

Latest Press Statements

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In this aerial photograph about 10 miles upriver from New Orleans, the Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex, an oil refinery, is seen in Norco, La.
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EPA Closes Emissions Loopholes Abused by Refineries and Chemical Plants

The rule removes loopholes companies used to avoid reporting harmful toxic emissions during force majeure events
people in the foreground look at a chemical facility in flames with a sky full of dark smoke rising up.
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EPA Strengthens Chemical Disaster Safeguards 

Nearly 180 million people live in the worst-case scenario zones for a chemical disaster 
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Court Rejects Polluters’ Requests to Block EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule

Reductions in cross-state smog-forming emissions will go forward
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Federal Court Upheld EPA Cross-State Ozone Rule

The rule requires states to reduce power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy smog levels in downwind states