Clean Air – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Explainer

NAAQS Overview

EPA sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common and harmful pollutants (also called criteria pollutants): carbon monoxide, lead, particulate matter (PM), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. […]

August 29, 2024

Regulatory Tracker

Regulating Greenhouse Gases for New and Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

August 27, 2024

Regulatory Tracker

EPA VOC and Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities

August 21, 2024

EELP News
Legal Analysis

The Supreme Court Pauses the Good Neighbor Plan

The decision continues an alarming trend of the Court issuing decisions under its emergency docket about important public health rules without the benefit of full briefing and engagement with the technical record.

July 2, 2024

Legal Analysis

Compliance Timing for EPA’s Power Sector Rules for Coal-Fired Power Plants

June 16, 2024

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Final CO2 Standards for the Power Sector: Robust Regulatory Record Sets the Stage for Legal Challenges

A review the legal basis for EPA’s final rule and summary of the final standards. Plus a look at anticipated legal challenges to the final rule.

May 7, 2024

Quick Takes

Timelines of EPA’s Final Rules to Reduce Climate Changing Pollution from Power Plants

April 25, 2024

Regulatory Tracker

Clean Car Rules — Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards/Greenhouse Gas Standards

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas sources in the U.S., contributing more than electricity sector. Improving the fuel economy of cars and trucks saves consumers money on gas and lowers emissions.

August 1, 2023

Regulatory Tracker

Power Plant Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rule

Power plants and other industrial sources emit more pollution as they start up, shut down, or when they malfunction than during normal operations. These periods of higher pollution have negative effects on air quality and human health. EPA regulates this excess pollution through State Implementation Plans under the Clean Air Act.

July 21, 2023