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The Latest On: Air

August 10, 2013 | Video

This Is How Asthma Feels

Millions of Americans suffer from asthma. However, most people don't know how brutal it is to live with the disease. Breathing is a fundamental right, yet every day air pollution affects our right to breathe clean air.

April 17, 2019 | Blog Post

It’s a New Day in Colorado as the State Finally Passes Meaningful Oil and Gas Regulation

With SB 181, Colorado begins the hard work of regulating the health impacts of oil and gas extraction for local communities

April 15, 2019 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Groups Sue Trump’s EPA for Coke Oven Cancer Pollution

Earthjustice, on behalf of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, Gasp, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Sierra Club, sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for improperly regulating coke ovens — producers of known carcinogens — thus failing to protect communities throughout the country. Over a decade ago, EPA found that carcinogenic emissions from coke ovens destroy air quality and cause devastating health complications, yet plaintiffs in the case argue the agency failed to act to protect nearby communities from this threat.

April 15, 2019 | Press Release

Groups Sue Trump’s EPA for Coke Oven Cancer Pollution

Coke oven facilities that produce carcinogens put millions in surrounding communities at risk

April 5, 2019 | Press Release

Communities Affected by Oil Refineries Applaud Measure to Regulate Toxic Hydrogen Cyanide Emissions

Rep. Diana DeGette’s bill would finally set standards, require monitoring, and enforce limits on dangerous pollutant

March 4, 2019 | Blog Post

The EPA Won’t Do Its Air-Protection Job, So We’re Putting It on Notice

We just notified the EPA that we will sue it in 60 days if it doesn't comply with the law.

March 1, 2019 | Press Release

Native Village, Conservation Groups Challenge Winter Oil, Gas Drilling in Western Arctic

Lawsuit targets cursory federal assessment of ConocoPhillips’ plan for drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve

February 21, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Administration Will Abandon Negotiations with California on Vehicle Emissions Standards

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to weaken federal limits on cars’ climate pollution and erase state limits entirely

January 16, 2019 | Blog Post

Reading Between the Lines of Wheeler’s Pro-Polluter Agenda

The EPA nominee may not give the media a climate denial sound bite, but he clearly has no intention to tackle the problem.

January 15, 2019 | Feature

Danger in the Air

Earthjustice is defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards — a rule that saves up to 11,000 people from early deaths each year.