October 18, 2012
A California federal judge on Wednesday granted environmental groups' request to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address more than 40 states' failure to implement ozone pollution plans, but gave the agency more time than the groups had wanted.
May 30, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked a California federal judge on Monday to give it more time to review states' plans to address ozone pollution, affirming two conservation groups' claims that the regulator fell short of its obligations under the Clean Air Act.
May 07, 2012
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a consolidated lawsuit by environmental groups alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to create new standards for ground-level ozone, saying because the EPA isn't required to make new standards, the court can't hear the claims.
November 29, 2011
Conservation group WildEarth Guardians sued the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in California federal court last week over the agency's failure to follow through on new standards for ground-level ozone.