The Latest On: Ozone
Court strikes down part of rule easing pollution standard implementation
Seth Johnson, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office, Earthjustice: “This is an important decision for making sure that pollution reductions are real, that they’re not just things that are happening on paper, that they’re things that are going to have an impact in the real world and that’s going to benefit people who live, work and breathe in areas with unhealthy levels of ozone.”
EPA Won’t Revise Obama-Era Ozone Standards
Seth Johnson, Attorney, Washington, D.C.: “Polluters would like no standards at all. We would like stricter standards that measure up to the Clean Air Act.”
How The Coronavirus Is Hampering Enforcement Of California’s Air Pollution Rules
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “Polluting industries have over the last couple decades built up a significant lobbying presence at AQMD to make it really painful and hard to adopt regulations, to increase fees for the agency to do its job and to develop a real air cleanup plan. And this is when that effort really shines.”
L.A. Coronavirus Clean Air Streak Has Already Come To An End. Here’s Why
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “It’s going to change people’s frame of reference from how much worse it was in the sixties, seventies and eighties, to how do we get back to that time where we could go outside and breathe a deep breath of air and it’s safe?”
As New Study Shows Smog’s Deadly Effects, Court Orders EPA to Protect Public
D.C. Circuit Rules EPA’s Failure to Protect People From Cross-State Air Pollution is Illegal
Newsom Withdraws Nomination Of Former Exxon Staffer To Air Pollution Post
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “We aren’t lacking for industry influence on the air district board. We ask the governor to appoint a person with the public health or air quality expertise needed to finally place our lungs and public health first and foremost.”
