air quality

Under the regulation, power plants have to start keeping track of their emissions as of July 1, though they won’t have to pay for them yet.

“The fires aren’t going to go away, and the jet stream isn’t going to change, so we could even see days like this in August, or in October.”

Jackson said the amendment will empower citizens to go to court, if necessary, to enforce those rights.

“The pandemic made it clear that traffic is an important source of pollutants for the air that we breathe. But the fact that we have this data will allow us to understand those interactions better.”

New York and Pennsylvania joined 12 other states and the District of Columbia in a federal lawsuit that says the new rules violate the Clean Air Act.

Their call for action comes as the Trump administration works to loosen federal regulations on the powerful greenhouse gas.

New research from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh shows thousands of lives could be saved each year if air quality standards were tightened.