August 16, 2023
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – This week the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with polluters in a case that would have reduced air pollution in Wyoming’s national parks and public lands across the region.
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August 8, 2023
Today, the Sierra Club and partners delivered more than one million public comments calling on the Biden Administration to tackle climate change by adopting the strongest possible carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants.
June 13, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, EPA published notice of a proposed consent decree requiring the agency to review and, if appropriate, revise Clean Air Act standards that protect people and communities from dangerous pollution emitted by new gas-burning power plants.
June 12, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An overwhelming majority of scientific experts on EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) recommended on Friday that EPA substantially strengthen the national standards for ozone, a harmful pollutant and a main component of smog.
May 25, 2023
A report released by the Sierra Club today reveals that by strengthening and enforcing federal air quality standards, the owners of 64% of remaining coal plants would be required to more stringently address harmful pollution from their facilities.
May 11, 2023
Today, President Biden’s EPA proposed tough new federal climate pollution standards for the electric power sector, the nation’s second-largest source of climate-disrupting greenhouse gas pollution.
April 12, 2023
On Tuesday, officials advised residents to evacuate their homes due to a significant industrial fire in Richmond, Indiana.
April 6, 2023
EPA is taking action against harmful air pollution from chemical manufacturing facilities.
April 5, 2023
Today, the EPA proposed strengthening protections against heavy metals, mercury and other hazardous air pollution emitted from power plants, protecting vulnerable communities from some of the most dangerous types of air pollution.
March 28, 2023
A coalition of environmental, public health, and community groups submitted nearly 600,000 public comments to EPA in support of strong national ambient air quality standards for soot
March 22, 2023
Environmental justice and public health advocates from Illinois, New Jersey, and Texas will deliver over 7,000 public comments to EPA urging the agency to eliminate all unlawful loopholes from federal clean air rules.
February 21, 2023
This week, EPA is holding public hearings on the Agency’s proposed air quality standard for particulate matter, also known as soot.