SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a coalition of 17 attorneys general and the City of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging
Attorney General Maura Healey has joined her colleagues in other states to sue the Trump administration for its alleged failure to curb air pollution.
The lawsuit filed by 17 attorneys general and the City of New York has to do with very fine particles known as PM2.5. Under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to set standards for air pollutants, including fine particulate matter, at a level that protects public health and welfare.
On December 7, the EPA announced it would retain existing standards for fine and coarse particulate matter for the next 5 years.
Science shows that microscopic PM2.5 pollutants are linked to asthma, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, cognitive impairment, and dementia, the lawsuit states. PM2.5 concentrations are highest in Black and Latino communities, and it s estimated that PM2.5 pollution kills up to 45,000 people every year nationwide, according to the complaint. The lawsuit says fine particle pollution is the larg
Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group examines the broad changes to California’s Proposition 65 short-form warnings that will impact every business selling anything in.
The stifling heat is becoming more dangerous with climate change. One reason is because global heating is not occurring evenly: Lower nighttime temperatures that typically provide critical relief from the hot days are disappearing.
Summer night temperatures are warmer now, and they are warming at a faster rate than daytime temperatures, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This marks a dangerous and potentially deadly combination of high daytime and high nighttime temperatures that doesn t give the human body a chance to cool down during the night.
Warm nights mean less chance to cool down, exacerbating exposures to high temperatures, particularly for vulnerable people and locations, said Kristie Ebi, a professor of global health at the University of Washington.