Earthjustice: Federal Court Confirms EPA's Authority to End Loopholes Companies Use to Pollute Air With Impunity
March 06, 2024
March 06, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on March 4, 2024:
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld key parts of a landmark 2015 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule mandating over 30 states close loopholes polluters use to emit vast amounts of harmful air toxins during a facility's start-up, shut down and malfunction (SSM). During those periods, in states like Louisiana, Michigan, and Californ . . .
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld key parts of a landmark 2015 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule mandating over 30 states close loopholes polluters use to emit vast amounts of harmful air toxins during a facility's start-up, shut down and malfunction (SSM). During those periods, in states like Louisiana, Michigan, and Californ . . .