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THE EPA OPENS THE DOOR TO SUING WAREHOUSE OWNERS OVER AIR POLLUTION

Communities across the US are pushing for rules to clean up air pollution around warehouses. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just handed communities a powerful new way to hold nearby warehouses accountable for the pollution they create. Until recently, air quality regulations largely overlooked tailpipe pollution choking neighborhoods near sprawling warehouses. Warehouses may not have Read More…

New research shows nearly threefold reduction in air pollution in one US state — but some residents are still suffering from health problems

California has been a leader in the United States’ clean air policies for over half a century. Its laws about tailpipe pollution have reduced smog in some of the most populated cities in America. But there’s still a long way to go to provide disadvantaged communities with clean air, Inside Climate News reports. What’s happening? Historically, Read More…

SCOTUS ‘Places a Tombstone’ on Chevron

At the beginning of the year, after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take up a case about fishing, many legal minds were concerned that a seemingly ordinary case could actually have pretty significant effects downstream. We wrote a blog describing why many predicted that the eventual ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo could be the nail in Read More…

California high court says county can’t enforce oil well ban as state debates future of fossil fuels

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Monterey County cannot enforce a voter-approved ban on new oil and gas wells, a decision that comes amid an ongoing battle over how the state should address the health and climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction. The ruling comes a day after environmental advocates announced Read More…

Colorado sues EPA to stop public access to air pollution records

Feds are holding up approving a state air quality improvement plan unless Colorado agrees to share information. The Attorney General punches back. The Environmental Protection Agency says Colorado agencies and citizen watchdogs cannot possibly enforce the Clean Air Act against polluters unless everyone has open public access to the polluters’ records of what they spew Read More…