India, June 27 -- A federal appeals court has delivered a major blow to the Trump administration's aggressive deregulation agenda, unanimously rejecting an attempt by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to abandon strict caps on deadly soot pollution. The high-stakes ruling keeps crucial public health protections intact for tens of millions of Americans, signalling a definitive legal boundary for the administration's pro-industry rollbacks.

Unanimous Panel Rejects Corporate-Backed Rollback

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against the EPA's request to invalidate a 2024 Biden-era climate rule, which had slashed the allowable annual limit of fine particle pollution from 12 micrograms to 9 micrograms ...