California and like-minded states are girding for a legal battle with the Trump administration on whether those states have gone too far in controlling greenhouse gases, a prospective case that legal scholars say — barring a last-minute settlement — is sure to reach the U.S. Supreme Court according to a July 24, 2018 McClatchyDC report. […]

On July 17, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has completed area designations for the 2015 70 parts per billion ozone standards by designating eight counties in the San Antonio, Texas metropolitan area. EPA designated seven of the eight counties in the San Antonio area – Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, […]

China has extended monthly air quality rankings to 169 cities from 74, including in the high-pollution region of Shanxi-Shaanxi in the country’s northwest, adding pressure on local authorities as it intensifies its campaign against air pollution according to a July 23, 2018 Reuters report. Cities in the Fenwei plains area of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan […]

On July 3, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 announced approval of the state of Oklahoma’s clean-air plan related to transporting air pollution from fine particulate matter across state lines, known as interstate transport. EPA determined that emissions from pollution sources in Oklahoma do not contribute significantly to diminished air quality in other […]

Long before President Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh had already made a name for himself as an influential conservative critic of sweeping environmental regulations according to a July 10, 2018 New York Times report. During his 12 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of […]