Health, Environmental Groups File Court Challenge to EPA Particulate Matter Pollution Standard 

EPA maintains nearly decade old annual pollution levels that has been linked to thousands of deaths annually

Washington, D.C., December 15, 2006 – Public health and environmental groups today filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for refusing to strengthen a nearly decade old national public health standard for particulate matter (PM) pollution to a level that could prevent thousands of premature deaths every year. Earthjustice filed the suit on behalf of the American Lung Association, Environmental Defense, and the National Parks Conservation Association. (more…)

On December 16, 2004, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia approved EPA’s request to extend the deadlines in the Consent Decree governing the dates for the completion of the review of the NAAQS for particulate matter and ozone.
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EPA has agreed to a schedule for reviewing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter and ozone in a court settlement with the American Lung Association® and a coalition environmental groups.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld health protective standards for ozone and particulate matter, clearing the way for EPA to implement the standards.
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Oral arguments were heard December 18, 2001 in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia on litigation over the ozone and fine particle air quality standards established by EPA in 1997.
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“The Supreme Court’s decision, which addressed strengthened air quality standards for PM and ozone, represents a major victor for public health and for the rule of law,” writes Howard Fox, managing attorney of Earthjustice in Washington, DC in the June 2001 issue of EM magazine.
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In a landmark decision on February 27, 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed EPA’s ability to set NAAQS that protect public health.
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Who are the industry groups and the conservative think tanks that challenged the clean air standards in the Supreme Court?

American Trucking Associations, Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., National Coalition of Petroleum Retailers, Burns Motor Freight, Garner Trucking, Genie Trucking Line, National Automobile Dealers Association, National Association of Manufacturers, … and dozens more!

Who fought for the right to breath clean air that would not make people sick?

Get the complete list of parties to the Supreme Court NAAQS case in the attached document!
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