Wisconsin sues EPA over worsened ozone status

February 18, 2025
Wisconsin is suing EPA over its December rule to downgrade the ozone “nonattainment” status for parts of the state and other areas in neighboring states, in a rare example of a Democratic state challenging a Biden-era EPA decision. In its suit filed Feb. 14, Wisconsin sues EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit over its Dec. 17 finding that areas in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio failed to attain the 2015 ozone national ambient air...


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