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Alligator Alcatraz Emissions Threaten Human Health, Violate Clean Air Act, Lawsuit Claims

The air pollution is associated with the more than 200 diesel-burning generators powering the Everglades migrant detention facility, along with 100 diesel-burning lighting towers.

By Amy Green

 An aerial view of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Alon Skuy/Getty Images
A view of Dry Fork, one of the nation’s newest coal-fired power plants, in Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Western Lawmakers Move To Weaken Clean Air Act and Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

By Jake Bolster
Children play in a park as the skyline of New York City is shrouded by a hazy sky on July 18, 2023. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Almost Half of America’s Kids Are Breathing Toxic Air

By Keerti Gopal
“Lamentors” wear sackcloth and ash, mourning the Trump administration’s decision to overturn a landmark climate regulation rule, outside EPA Region 9 headquarters in San Francisco on Tuesday. Credit: ProBonoPhoto.org/Rachel Podlishevsky

Climate Activists Stage Mock Funeral for Landmark Climate Rule

By Liza Gross
A chemical fire continues to burn at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. on March 19, 2019, in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Chemical Threats Nearby? Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Want You to Know.

By Liza Gross

After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

By James Bruggers
Heavy traffic is seen on Interstate 110 in Los Angeles on Feb. 13. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the EPA has stopped enforcing the Clean Air Act under the second Trump administration. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Claims Strong Enforcement. But the Data Tells a Different Story.

By Wyatt Myskow, Lisa Sorg
A view of the coal-fired Mill Creek Generating Station in Louisville, Ky., on Feb. 14. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, speaks at the Health Action Conference on Jan. 22 in Washington, D.C. The American Public Health Association is among several health organizations involved in the suit. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Community Catalyst

Healthcare Professionals, Scientists and Children Sue the EPA for Backtracking on Greenhouse Gas Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer
The photo in the White House shows other administration officials and coal miners.

As the Trump EPA Prepares to Revoke Key Legal Finding on Climate Change, What Happens Next?

By Marianne Lavelle
Steam rises from one of the plants near the Houston Ship Channel on Jan. 26 in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds

By Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle
Julissa Hernandez used to run track and field as a student at Niagara Falls High School before her asthma forced her to quit. She believes the poor air quality in in the New York town contributed to her complications. Credit: Jennifer Wybieracki

How Two Teens in Niagara Falls Are Confronting Pollution and a Mental Health Crisis

By Jennifer Wybieracki
U.S. Steel’s mill in Gary, Ind. Credit: Mira Oberman/AFP via Getty Images

Residents Living in the Shadow of the Steel Industry Ask the EPA to Reconsider Delay of Hazardous Air Pollution Rule

By Kiley Bense
The National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

National Academies Will Review Endangerment Finding Science

By Marianne Lavelle
A PEMEX oil refinery is seen on April 8 in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images

EPA Delays Compliance with Methane Rule, Fulfilling Oil and Gas Industry’s Request

By Aidan Hughes
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 8. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

EPA Rescinds Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Harm Human Health, Hobbling U.S. Climate Action

By Wyatt Myskow
Vehicles move slowly through midtown Manhattan traffic in New York City on June 6, 2024. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a town hall event with other West Coast state attorneys general to discuss protecting democracy in Seattle on June 2. Credit: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

California Sues Trump Administration Over Right to Clean Air

By Liza Gross
Smoke from Canadian wildfires covers the Chicago skyline on June 6. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

As Wildfire Smoke Increases Bad-Air Days, Are Government Agencies Doing Enough?

By Leigh Giangreco

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