Tag: soot

US Republican states, industry groups challenge EPA’s new soot pollution rule

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Republican-led states and industry groups on Wednesday filed three lawsuits challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that toughens air quality standards for soot pollution. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by a variety of industry groups and 25 states including […]

Nearly half of US states join GOP lawsuit challenging new EPA rule on deadly soot pollution

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-four Republican-led states filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution. Republicans, led by attorneys general from Kentucky and West Virginia, say the new Environmental Protection Agency rule would raise costs for manufacturers, utilities and families and could block new manufacturing plants […]

Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Environmental and public health groups hailed the new Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Wednesday as a major step in improving […]