Environmentalists sue EPA to force coke oven air toxics standards

Environmentalists have followed though on their threat to sue EPA in a bid to force issuance of revised Clean Air Act toxics standards for coke ovens used for iron and steelmaking, saying the ovens emit known carcinogens and that the agency is years behind schedule in complying with an air law mandate to revise the standards. Earthjustice on behalf of several environmental groups filed suit April 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to declare...