US Supreme Court halts EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution
The Supreme Court’s decision prevented the EPA from enforcing “good neighbor” rules designed to limit emissions of air pollutants from out-of-state sources that affect downwind states. The rules target smokestack emissions from power plants and industries that contribute to smog-causing pollution in neighboring states. The rule is on hold in nearly a dozen states due […]
$3B for EPA’s lead pipe replacement program sent to states based on unverified data, watchdog says
The Environmental Protection Agency allocated about $3 billion to states last year to replace hazardous lead pipes based on unverified data, according to a memo from the agency’s inspector general. This likely means that some states received too much money and other states received too little. Investigators found two states submitted inaccurate data, according to […]