EPA Drops Plan to Strengthen Limits on Fine-Particle Pollution

How a New Ruling Will Make Asthma Cases Skyrocket

EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution. Soot can also cause premature death.

EPA rollback of air pollution standards threatens Adirondacks, public health

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rolled back regulations on air polluters twice in the past week by exempting steel plants from rules governing coal-fired smokestacks and by asking a federal court to drop the 2024 changes to the…

Trump seeks to ditch rule on soot pollution

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing in a court filing this week that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution…

Trump seeks to ditch rule on soot pollution

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing in a court filing this week that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution…

EPA moves to roll back Biden-era particulate limits, signaling a major shift in clean air policy

The agency asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn the 2024 “soot standard,” citing incomplete scientific analysis and projected compliance costs.

EPA moves to roll back Biden-era particulate limits, signaling a major shift in clean air policy

The agency asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn the 2024 “soot standard,” citing incomplete scientific analysis and projected compliance costs.