EPA Haze Program Again Faces Delays, Controversy As States Craft Plans
EPA’s regional haze program, long dogged by slow implementation and lawsuits, is again facing a delay as it moves into its second phase as states scramble to submit their compliance plans, resulting in new suits from environmentalists seeking to accelerate submissions and warnings from officials that some states’ plans are too weak.
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More than 30 years after the last major update of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has upended the ability of Congress to give the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies broad scope to combat air pollution, including the emission of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, further Biden administration efforts to limit emissions face opposition in the courts.