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Court Orders EPA to Implement National Soot Standard 

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled on Friday that the U.S.

EPA Proposal Could Delay Smog Cleanup for a Decade or More in the Nation's Most Polluted Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of environmental organizations submitted comments urging the U.S.

EPA Proposes Air Pollution Exemption “Deal” for Data Centers in Georgia

ATLANTA – The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cutting the American public out of air pollution permits for “minor sources,” which includes the tractor trailer-sized diesel generators used by data centers for backup power. EPA’s proposal removes any requirement for transparency or public participation for “minor source” pollution sources, including most data centers.

EPA to Allow More Coal Plants Off the Hook for Toxic Waste Dumped in U.S. Waterways

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-fired power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead—from coal ash waste landfills into U.S. waterways. 

EPA Administrator Zeldin’s Delay of Vehicle Criteria Pollutant Standards Will Make Cars & Trucks Dirtier, Harm Our Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the EPA proposed a two-year delay of vehicle criteria pollutant standards that set limits on the amounts of non-greenhouse gas pollutants like nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter emitted by gas-fueled cars, pickups, and vans. These standards, established under the Clean Air Act, must be met over a vehicle’s life.

EPA to Allow Power Plants to Bulldoze Through Pollution Protections

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would allow data centers, power plants, and industrial facilities to begin construction on “non-emitting” components before the project has received its necessary air permits. 

EPA Says Oil & Gas Operators Can Continue to Flare Past Long-Set Deadline

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released guidance that will allow oil and gas operators to continue routine flaring, a harmful practice that unnecessarily releases climate-warming methane and other dangerous pollutants into the air. Routine flaring was set to be phased out by May 7th after years of preparation.

Trump EPA Downplays Local Emissions in Proposed Repeal

Salt Lake City - The EPA on Tuesday proposed rescinding a Biden-era ruling to reclassify Utah's Wasatch Front from “serious” nonattainment of the 2015 ozone standards to mere “moderate” nonattainment, significantly decreasing required pollution reductions. The proposal downplays local emissions, shifting blame to foreign sources instead of reining in local emissions. EPA has issued similar proposed rulings in other states across the West. 

Coalition Sues Trump EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of public health, environmental, and community advocates filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration's repeal of standards that limit brain-damaging mercury, lead, and other hazardous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Since EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) took effect in 2015, they’ve driven down dangerous mercury pollution from power plants by more than 90%.

Donald Trump Tears Down Another Key Public Health Safeguard

Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.

Sierra Club Louisiana Responds: Trump Admin. To Repeal Major Health and Climate Protections

This Thursday, the Trump Administration is expected to finalize three decisions that will significantly increase climate-warming and health-harming pollution across America, especially in Louisiana.

Sierra Club Utah Chapter Statement on Trump Administration’s Gutting of Health and Climate Protections

Salt Lake City – Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration finalized decisions that severely slash decades of environmental progress. Dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment, Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have eliminated the EPA’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding, limiting the agency’s authority to curb deadly greenhouse gas emissions.