Ozone

The Latest On: Ozone

December 23, 2015 | Legal Document

Ozone 2015: Petition for Review

Earthjustice, representing the Sierra Club, Physicians for Social Responsibility, West Harlem Environmental Action, Appalachian Mountain Club, and the National Parks Conservation Association, has filed suit to challenge the national ozone standards adopted in October 2015. The EPA’s standards are weaker than what medical experts have called for.

December 22, 2015 | Press Release

Public Health and Environmental Groups File Suit Against Weak Smog Standard

EPA set standard at level that allows thousands more deaths, hospitalizations

December 4, 2015 | Blog Post

Sugar Cane Burning Not So Sweet for Florida’s Residents

Each year, Florida’s sugar-growing corporations emit thousands of tons of hazardous air pollutants by burning sugar cane leaves, a dirty practice that Earthjustice is working to stop.

November 24, 2015 | Legal Document

Motion to Intervene on 2015 Ozone Standard; Murray Energy Corporation v. EPA

Earthjustice representing American Lung Association, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Physicians for Social Responsibility filed to oppose a major coal company’s challenge to stronger national ozone standards adopted last month. The EPA’s new standards were years overdue, and though they are weaker than the science-backed standards called for by medical experts, they are more protective than the standards they replaced and will help prevent many hundreds of hospital visits, asthma attacks, and deaths.

November 23, 2015 | Blog Post

Congress: Fund Our Government Without Clogging Our Lungs

We don’t have to sacrifice clean air to keep the government funded—no matter what pro-polluter politicians say.

November 6, 2015 | Blog Post

5 Things to Know About the EPA’s New Rule for Oil Refineries

The EPA’s updated standard for oil refineries requires fenceline monitoring in nearby communities, reducing cancer risks from toxic emissions like benzene for more than 1.4 million people. (Spanish language version available.)

October 28, 2015 | Blog Post

Smoggy California District Lobbies Congress to Weaken the Clean Air Act

The head of one California air district went to Washington, D.C., to try to weaken the “impossible to meet” standards of the Clean Air Act, on the same day the California Air Resources Board presented its plan to meet those standards.

October 1, 2015 | Press Release

EPA Rejects Doctors’ Advice on Limits for Ozone Pollution

New standard leaves millions of kids and asthmatics at risk

September 25, 2015 | Blog Post

Tipping Point: Will Latinos Follow Pope Francis’s Lead on the Environment?

A recent survey shows Latinos overwhelming support the pope’s call to defend God’s creation, since nearly 80 percent say they are already experiencing the effects of climate change.

September 17, 2015 | Blog Post

Youth Activists Say ‘No’ to Oil Refinery Pollution

Earthjustice sits down with Isabella Zizi, a 21-year-old resident of Richmond, California, to talk about her experience growing up with refineries in her backyard.

Ozone

Ozone 2015: Petition for Review

Public Health and Environmental Groups File Suit Against Weak Smog Standard

Sugar Cane Burning Not So Sweet for Florida’s Residents

Motion to Intervene on 2015 Ozone Standard; Murray Energy Corporation v. EPA

Congress: Fund Our Government Without Clogging Our Lungs

5 Things to Know About the EPA’s New Rule for Oil Refineries

Smoggy California District Lobbies Congress to Weaken the Clean Air Act

EPA Rejects Doctors’ Advice on Limits for Ozone Pollution

Tipping Point: Will Latinos Follow Pope Francis’s Lead on the Environment?

Youth Activists Say ‘No’ to Oil Refinery Pollution

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