Clean Air Act

January 16, 2020 | From the Experts

EPA Sits on the Scales of Justice for Polluters With New Environmental Appeals Board Proposal

VP of Litigation Patrice Simms explains how the Trump administration is trying to institutionalize lawlessness and corporate cronyism in its most cynical form.

January 14, 2020 | Press Release

Communities Urge EPA To Embolden Proposed Emission Rule For Chemical Facilities

EPA held hearing to hear from communities living near chemical facilities linked to cancer

January 14, 2020 | Legal Document

MON Louisiana Hearing Request

Request for public hearing in Louisiana communities with extreme cancer risk from hazardous air pollutants, such as ethylene oxide, emitted by MON sources.

December 20, 2019 | Press Release

Valley Air’s Proposed Air Monitoring Rules For Kern County Refineries Fail To Prioritize Public Health And Safety

The 2017 law mandates that the regulations and monitoring systems must be in place by January 1, 2020

December 11, 2019 | In the News: Energy Central

Study: Black, low-income Americans face highest risk from power plant pollution

Neil Gormley, Attorney, Earthjustice: “Scientists are well aware that those particulate matter standards are not sufficiently health-protective — that people are still dying by the thousands from particulate matter exposure, even though officially they live somewhere where the air quality standards are being met.”

December 9, 2019 | Press Release

Justice, Climate, and Solar Advocates Release NJ Equitable Solar Policy Roadmap

New Jersey coalition releases a policy roadmap outlining how New Jersey can help 250,000 low-income families go solar by 2030, and install 400 megawatts of storage with $125 million per year in state funding.

December 4, 2019 | In the News: Bloomberg Environment

Judges Weigh Whether EPA Must Act on Pulp Mill Pollution

November 22, 2019 | Legal Document

California Emissions Waiver Rollback Petition for Review

Earthjustice and Sierra Club, together with a broad coalition of public health and environmental groups, filed a lawsuit against former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency,challenging its revocation of California’s waiver for its greenhouse gas emission standards for new motor vehicles, as well as the state’s zero emission vehicle standards.

November 22, 2019 | Explainer

The Trump Administration’s Hazy Plans to Weaken Car Pollution Standards Won’t Work. Here’s Why.

Earthjustice attorney Paul Cort explains why Trump’s EPA chief is careening way outside his lane in trying to undo a key provision of the 1970 landmark Clean Air Act.

October 24, 2019 | From the Experts

As New Study Shows Smog’s Deadly Effects, Court Orders EPA to Protect Public

Breathing smog can be as bad for you as smoking. The good news is, a court rejected EPA’s plan to let the air stay dirty.

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