The Clean Air Act’s outdated framework is hindering progress. New bills aim to modernize it with reforms aligned to today’s ...

The sky turns a rusty orange. The sun dims behind a thick veil of smoke. For millions of Americans, even ones far from wildfire-prone lands, this eerie scene is no longer rare. Extreme wildfires have ...

In the 1960s, the urban air pollution crisis in America had reached a fever pitch: Cities were shrouded in smog, union steelworkers were demanding protections for their health, and the Department of ...

Thanks to the Clean Air Act and its strong regulatory framework, we’ve made remarkable progress in improving air quality for all Georgians.” — Michael Odom, Georgia Environmental Protection Division ...

House Republicans have moved ahead with the introduction of a package of four bills that they say are needed to streamline Clean Air Act permitting and other environmental requirements to promote ...

During the early 1970s, the air in many American cities was … brown. Pollution muddied clear skies and sickened people across the country. The Clean Air Act helped change that. But the law's future is ...

David Good, program manager for air monitoring for the Allegheny County Health Department, says the department relies on lab-grade instruments to measure air quality. “We have to have very highly ...

The Supreme Court appears poised to keep at least some Clean Air Act disputes in federal courts outside of D.C. — preventing what at least one justice described as “home court advantage” for the ...

EPA on Monday laid out a way for companies to avoid air pollution regulations for up to several years: Just send the agency a request via email. The agency posted guidance online that lays out a path ...

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Among the many obstacles to enacting federal limits on climate pollution, none has been more daunting than the Supreme Court. That is where the Obama administration’s efforts to regulate power plant ...

To judge by recent Supreme Court decisions, the world didn’t know much about climate change a half century ago. In 2007, when the court ruled that the Clean Air Act of 1970 gave the Environmental ...