Supreme Court Blocks Life-Saving Federal Air Pollution Plan
June 27, 2024
June 27, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 27 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
Today, the Supreme Court stopped the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Good Neighbor Plan, suspending a critical clean air rule that would have saved thousands of lives and prevented millions of asthma attacks. The decision allows power plants that began reducing their deadly pollution last year to increase it again while legal battles unfold in the lower court.
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Today, the Supreme Court stopped the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Good Neighbor Plan, suspending a critical clean air rule that would have saved thousands of lives and prevented millions of asthma attacks. The decision allows power plants that began reducing their deadly pollution last year to increase it again while legal battles unfold in the lower court.
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