Press Mention The News & Advance May 30, 2002
SACE Referenced
Environmental groups intend to sue the EPA
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Health and environmental groups from eight Southeastern states, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, announced plans to sue the EPA for failing to enforce air pollution health standards set five years prior. The lawsuit aims to force stricter ozone pollution standards, with 59 cities or counties in the Southeast currently not meeting the tougher standards. More than 23 million people across the eight-state region are exposed to unhealthy ozone levels.
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Environmental groups intend to sue the EPA
From wire reports
Health and environmental groups from eight Southeastern states announced Thursday that they intend to take the Environmental Protection Agency to court for failing to enforce air pollution health standards set five years ago.
The groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the American Lung Association and the Sierra Club, plan to sue the EPA in federal court within 60 days to force the agency to begin implementing stricter standards for ozone pollution, the main component of smog.
In the Southeast, 59 cities or counties that monitor ozone aren't meeting the tougher standards, according to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
More than 23 million people in an eight-state region from North Carolina to Mississippi are exposed to unhealthy levels of ozone pollution, a component of smog, according to the American Lung Association.