The Latest On: Ozone
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “For the past three years, we’ve seen relatively clean air data, aside from wildfires. What’s uncomfortable about this season’s pollution is that we can’t point to any one source.”
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “Whenever we see this spike in fine particulate pollution, people point to the weather. What some of that explanation misses is that impact of some of the urban areas where people live, and glosses over the specific solutions that could be pursued to curb emissions.”
Greg Muren, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “The Clean Air Act requires EPA to step in and develop a plan of its own that will actually work. EPA should follow through on its stated commitment to environmental justice and give residents the bare minimum that they deserve: air that is safe to breathe.”
Marvin Brown, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “The most recent science clearly shows that the current ozone standards are simply not strong enough to protect public health, or the crops, forests and ecosystems we depend on.”
Rebecca Curry, Colorado Policy Advocate, Rocky Mountain Office: “It is definitely a positive step to see them moving to address sources that they were ignoring. While minor sources viewed individually may seem small, together they are a really significant contributor to the Front Range’s ozone problem.”
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office: “[The South Coast Air Quality Management District's] failure to look at the impacts of climate change in all of their planning has meant that they’re not really hitting the mark. The consequences are that people are breathing dirty air, and the law allows it.”
