Earthjustice sued EPA administrator Scott Pruitt in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to get Pruitt to enforce a smog standard.

The Los Angeles Superior Court issued a ruling against the South Coast Air Quality Management District for making last-minute changes to NOx RECLAIM, the district’s controversial air pollution program. In the decision, the Court finds that the air district violated California law back in December 2015 when they rejected staff-proposed reforms to the program and instead adopted a far weaker oil industry-backed measure just hours after it was made public.

Health & Environmental Organizations Warn EPA They Plan to Sue Over Delayed Smog Cleanup