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. “EPA’s new administration has been reviewing the underlying rule and this matter. EPA has now completed its review and is ready to proceed with this litigation,” EPA said in an April 10 filing in Center...