Ozone

April 22, 2016 | Legal Document

Opening Brief on Challenge to 2015 Ozone Standard

Opening brief challenging the national clean air standards for ozone, the principal component of urban smog, as unlawfully weak.

April 22, 2016 | Article

EPA’s Smog Rule Falls Short of Protecting People’s Health, the Environment

The EPA recently set a weak smog standard, ignoring calls from medical professionals and community groups.

March 9, 2016 | Legal Document

Petition: Lawsuit Challenges Air Board’s Failure to Protect Southern California from Oil Refinery Pollution

Community and conservation groups have sued the South Coast Air Quality Management District for allowing L.A.-area oil refineries and power plants to continue spewing massive amounts of smog-forming pollutants, threatening the health of millions of people already breathing the nation’s dirtiest air.

March 9, 2016 | Artículo

Earthjustice Takes Air Board to Court for Failing to Curb Los Angeles Smog

Our lawsuit challenges an oil industry-backed plan to blunt smog clean up in the LA region. (Spanish language version available.)

March 9, 2016 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Air Board’s Failure to Protect Southern California from Oil Refinery Pollution

Delayed pollution safeguards in favor of business-friendly measures prompt community and environmental groups to act

February 9, 2016 | Artículo

Race & Environmental Justice: A Conversation with Activist Vernice Miller-Travis

A Conversation with Activist Vernice Miller-Travis, a longtime environmental justice advocate and cofounder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice. (Spanish language version available.)

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 | Article

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.

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