Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed
Pollution increased when the EPA stopped watching and returned to normal once inspections resumed.
Tag: Clean Air Act
Stop EPA from rolling back environmental regulations
The EPA is seeking to repeal the finding that provides the legal underpinning for limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
The EPA’s big beautiful falsehoods
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rescind the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health.
As Earth heats up, EPA puts profits over people
The Trump administration intends to revoke the declaration that greenhouse gases, which warm the planet, endanger public health.
Trump’s EPA is attacking its own power to fight climate change
The EPA proposed repealing a finding that allows it to limit greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and other sources.
Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy
There are some explicit restrictions that prevent loosening of existing environmental standards for clean air and water.
Lawsuits seeking to address climate change have promise but face uncertain future
Concerned people and groups continue to file climate-related lawsuits across the country and around the world.
EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?
The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the EPA's scientific research arm and roll back clean air and water regulations.
America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore
Regulations have cleaned up cars, power plants and factories, leaving cleaner air while economies have grown.
How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
The administrator’s decisions carry great weight for regulated industries and communities affected by pollution.