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The Phoenix metro area experienced 153 days with high ozone or particulate metter levels in 2018, just one reason environmental groups want stricter standards. But in April the EPA said it would not expand the rule on air pollution regarding particular matter in the air.

EPA refuses to reduce pollutants linked to COVID-19 deaths

Oct 21, 2020 ◇ Lisa Song & Lylla Younes/ProPublica

Particulate matter kills people. That was true before the pandemic, and new research has tied it to coronavirus deaths. But the EPA is ignoring scientists who say stricter particulate matter limits could prevent tens of thousands of early deaths. Read more»

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The smokestacks from Tonawanda Coke Corp. overlook a playground in Tonawanda, N.Y. Residents of the town near Buffalo say they've been breathing in toxic emissions from the plant.

Where pollution regulators failed, citizens took action

Nov 10, 2011 ◇ Elizabeth Shogren, Kristen Lombardi & Sandra Bartlettt/Center for Public Integrity

It took five years of prodding before state regulators formally blamed Tonawanda Coke for the high levels of benzene and moved aggressively to enforce the Clean Air Act. Finally in 2009 the state, together with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, swooped down on the plant for a week-long surprise inspection. Read more»


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