12 de enero de 2023
En un paso histórico para apoyar comunidades más saludables, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció la disponibilidad de $100 millones en otorgamientos de justicia ambiental.
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January 11, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, in a historic step toward supporting healthier communities, EPA announced the availability of $100 million in environmental justice grants.
January 6, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, the EPA released its long-overdue and long-awaited draft proposal to update the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for soot, also known as particulate matter, and while this proposal demonstrates a positive step toward clean air for all, it falls far short of what public health demands, communities deserve, and science requires.
4 de enero de 2023
El viernes, 30 de diciembre, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) emitió su regla sobre las Aguas de Estados Unidos (WOTUS).
20 de diciembre de 2022
La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) finalizó hoy su regla final para actualizar los estándares que reducirán la contaminación de vehículos pesados.
December 20, 2022
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final rule updating federal standards that will reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles. The rule released today targets NOx pollution from trucks and buses, a major threat to public health for millions of Americans and especially dangerous for marginalized communities across the nation that live next to major freight corridors.
Sierra Club, EDF Sue EPA to Protect People from Pollution Discharged by New Gas-Burning Power Plants
December 8, 2022
Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against EPA challenging the agency’s failure to satisfy its duty under our nation’s clean air laws to protect people and communities from the dangerous pollution emitted by new gas-burning power plants.
November 30, 2022
NATIONWIDE - Today, a broad coalition of 114 organizations, representing communities across the nation, sent a letter to the EPA urging the agency to move forward with three Clean Air Act waivers that are essential for states to protect their residents from toxic pollution from heavy-duty vehicles like trucks and buses.
November 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, EPA denied Lightstone Generation’s request to continue dumping toxic coal ash waste into unlined storage ponds at the General James M. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio.
November 4, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reuters reported yesterday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will wait until late next year to finalize standards for heavy-duty trucks that environmental and public health advocates have been pushing to strengthen since they were first proposed in March.
October 13, 2022
As part of an ongoing investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights found evidence that key Louisiana state agencies are failing to protect Black communities from toxic air pollution released by petrochemical companies, like Denka Performance Elastomers.
3 de octubre de 2022
La Corte Suprema escuchó hoy argumentos orales del caso Sackett vs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), un intento de la industria de combustibles fósiles de desmantelar la Ley de Agua Limpia.