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EPA Plans To Defend Biden-Era Secondary Air Quality Standards In Court

EPA will continue to defend its Biden-era rule that failed to substantively tighten “secondary” federal air quality standards for three pollutants, withdrawing a request to pause litigation brought by environmentalists seeking to tighten the rule and suggesting that Trump officials will not reconsider the regulation.

ECOS Urges EPA To Maintain ‘Robust’ Research As ORD Faces Uncertain Fate

The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is urging EPA and Congress to continue to support “robust scientific research and development capabilities” as Trump administration officials weigh shuttering the agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), saying states lack the resources to replace EPA’s scientific functions.

OMB Begins Interagency Review Of NWP Overhaul Amid Looming Deadline

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun reviewing a draft five-year overhaul of dozens of Clean Water Act (CWA) dredge-and-fill general permits for pipelines, transmission lines and a host of other infrastructure and development projects ahead of a looming March 2026 deadline to finalize the permits.

Groups Sue EPA For Decisions On California Ozone Status, Contingency Rule

Environmentalists are suing EPA under the Clean Air Act to compel the agency to make a determination as to whether California’s San Joaquin Valley air district has attained the 1997 8-hour ozone standard, and to take action on a light-duty smog check program contingency measure (CM) submitted by the state to attain standards in several regions.

From Climate Extra
Judge Finds EPA Illegally Halted ‘Green Bank’ Grants, As EPA Wins Brief Stay

A district court judge is concluding that EPA has unlawfully attempted to scrap $20 billion in clean energy grants under the agency’s “green bank” program, finding the agency failed to explain its reasoning for canceling the awards and that it is wrongly seeking to scuttle the congressionally approved program as a policy matter.

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