SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 26 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's decision upholding the Biden Administration Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2024 rule strengthening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot. The rule was challenged by a coalition of states as well as a coalition of industry and business entities, which asked the Court to strike down the updated soot standard. Attorney General Bonta, joined by the California Air Resources Board (CARB),led a coalition in intervening in ...