The US had been reducing surface-level ozone, a harmful pollutant and the main component of smog, but that changed as wildfire activity picked up around 2015.
Calls for the Supreme Court to give fossil fuel companies immunity from liability for climate-related damage misreads the Constitution, precedent and the role of courts.
The move reshapes how future assessments of chemical dangers will be carried out, and if they’ll be ignored, delayed or understated to benefit industry.
The EPA’s new interpretations are strategically designed to appeal to the current US Supreme Court’s view of agency authority.
Using existing backup generators as regular sources of electricity would emit lots of pollution into American skies and endanger people’s health.
The Clean Air Act gave California the authority to issue tough pollution standards for vehicles, with EPA approval. The Trump administration is now trying to stop it.
(The Center Square) — Federal environmental officials are fast-tracking New Hampshire's request to opt out of a regional tailpipe emissions law, as part of the state's efforts to ditch its vehicle testing program.
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta is co-leading a nationwide lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its rescission of a finding on greenhouse gases.
